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BOSTON. 

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VEGETINE 

On red Her. 



Bellevue, Ky. 

Dr. H. R. Stevens: 

Dear Sir,— I must state that your Vegetine deserves to be called a valuable blood 
purifier, renovator, and invigorator of the whole system. My wife suffered for a length of 
time with a Scrofula Sore on the leg. She took several bottles of Vegetine. The results 
were surprising. It cured her, while all the former remedies failed to give satisfaction. 

Respectfully, T. E. TRICK. 

I know the above to be true. HENRY WERTHEIMER. 

Druggist and Apothecary, 139 Monmouth Street. 



Vegetine. — For eradicating all impurities of the blood from the system, it has no equal. 
It has never failed to effect a cure, giving tone and strength to the system debilitated by disease. 



VEGETINE 

Purifies the Blood. 

Boston, Mass., Jan. 13, 1877. 

Mr. H. R. Stevens: 

Dear Sir, — I have been using Vegetine for some time with the greatest satisfaction, and 
can highly recommend it as a great cleanser and purifier ot the blood. 

J. L. HANAFORD, 
Pastor of Eglesto?i Square M. E . Church. 

Nervousness and all derangements of the nervous system are usually connected with a 
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done is to improve the condition of the blood. This is accomplished by taking Vegetine. It 
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VEGETINE 

Will Cure Rheumatism. 

Cincinnati, April 9, 1877. 

Mr. H. R. Stevens: . 

Dear Sir, — I have u ed your medicine, the Vegetine, for Rheumatism, with great 
success, and believe it to be the best medicine for that complaint that there is. I also know it 
is a good blood purifier, and at the present time am using it as the best spring medicine that I 
know of. I take great pleasure in recommending the Vegetine to my friends. 

H. MUND, Charles Street. 



Thousands will bear the testimony (and do it voluntarily) that Vegetine is the best 
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cating all humors, impurities, or poisonous secretions from the system, invigorating and 
strengthening the system debilitated by disease ; in fact, it is, as many have called it, " The 
Great Health Restorer." 



VEGETINE 

For Dyspepsia. 

Ashley, III., Jan. 12, 1878. 

H. R. Stevens : 

Dear Sir, — I have been using Vegetine for Dyspepsia, and find more relief from it than 
all the other medicines I ever used. There is nothing like it for Dyspepsia. 

MRS. M. E. FOWLKS. 

I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Fowlks, and can certify that the above statement 
is true. W. C. PACE, M. D., Druggist, Ashley, III. 



Thousands Speak. — Vegetine is acknowledged and recommended by physicians and 
apothecaries to be the best purifier and cleanser of the blood yet discovered, and thousands 
speak in its praise who have been restored to health. 



VEGETIITE3 

Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. 

VEGETINE is Sold by all Druggists. 



KEMP'S 

Mammoth Boot and Shoe Store, 




Is the Largest Retail Boot and Shoe Store in the Country, 

And contains the finest and best stock in the world. All our goods are made expressly for us, 
and everv pair warranted to fit and to give entire satisfaction or a new pair guaranteed. The 
Father Kemp Gossamer Boot for tender feet, we have made in eight different widths, and not 
only guarantee to fit any foot from the narrow 5 to the extreme broad 13, but to cure all Corns, 
Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, and all deformities of the foot, no matter of how long standing. 

Sewed, Steel Shank, Box or Plain Toe, $5.oo 
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These boots are secured by patent at Washington, and can be found in no other store in the 
country. Also, a splendid assortment of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Button and Side 
Lace in Goat, French Kid, etc. Don't forget the number. It will pay you well to go a little 
out of the way to get an easy and well-fitting boot. 

R. H. KEMP & CO. 
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ESTABLISHED 1780. 




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(Succ essors to Braman, Shaw & Co.) 

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Best Reclining-Chair and Desk. BOSTON. 

The Wellington Coal Company 

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made to order. Our work includes all kinds in the bleacher's line. 

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IMPORTERS OF ' 

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Dealers in every description of Plated Goods from the 
best manufacturers in the country. 
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25 Winter Street, 
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Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

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A fine Assortment of 

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Nothing, Draperies, Fop 

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MANUFACTURERS OF FIRST-CLASS 

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AND 

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These Rods have for upwards of thirty years been extensively used to protect the valuable 
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of buildings. 

They are less conspicuous, and less liable to get out of order than others in use. 

They are the only Rods which have never failed. 

[[gp^ These Rods have never been forced upon the community by zealous solicitors 
Orders by mail or at office, No. 65 Cornhill, Boston. 

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32 Hawley Street, BOSTON, 

Who are also Importers and Dealers in all kinds of 

WINDOW SHADE MATERIALS, TASSELS, ETC. 

ESTABLISHED 1815. 



SILAS PEIRCE & CO 

Wholesale Grocers, 



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BOSTON 



SILAS PEIRCE, Jr. 

A. MORETON SWALLOW. 



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dow, The Domestic Fireside, The Sabbath Bell, The 
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THE COTTAGE HEARTH'S list of contributors embraces the names of more than 
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AND OTHER LEADING BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS. 



Massachusetts Temperance Alliance. 

INCORPORATED 1866. 



REV. A. A. MINER, D. D., President. 
CHAS. A. HOVEY, Sec'y. SAM'L W. HODGES, Treas. 



Room 8 Wes/eyan Building, 

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Platform. Total Abstinence for the individual and Prohibition for the State. 

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Bgp^" Temperance Books, Songs, Tracts, Pledges, Cards, etc., for sale. Visitors will find 
Newspapers and a hearty welcome at Room 8. 

Since the incorporation of the Alliance, the following work has been done. 



Sabbath Congregations addressed . 

Sabbath Schools " 

Public Schools " 

Sabbath Evening Union Temperance Meetings 

Addresses on secular days .... 



1.738 
1,191 
3.4" 
1.315 
6,085 



Total addresses i3»74<> 

Nineteen Million pages of temperance tracts distributed. 

More than One Hundred Thousand Children and Youth have adopted the pledge. 
Fifty-Nine Reform Clubs organized, and many local Temperance Societies and Bands 
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When it becomes necessary to place the pipe-collar upon the back 
of the range the check draft damper remains in the same convenient 
position as when it is used upon the top, — a decided improvement on 
those having the damper connected with and forming a part of the 
pipe-collar. 

For Burning Wood 

The fuel chamber may be lengthened by removing a portion of the 
rear end of the fire-chamber, and applying a box made for the purpose. 
It will be necessary for those desiring the extension box to so order, 
as it is not required or furnished with ranges fitted for burning coal. 

The sections are mounted separately ^ thereby overcoming the objec- 
tions raised when mounted together. 



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Warerooms, 31 and 35 Union Street, Boston. 

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COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS OF VARIOUS STALES, 
Notary Public for Middlesex and Suffolk Counties. 

PRACTISES IN ALL COURTS WITHIN THE STATE. 
CoDectious mit in aU parts of tie country. Charges Reasonable. 
OFFICES, 

BOSTON, pS., COR. COURT jm WASHINGTON STREETS, 

Entrance, 5 Court Street. 

Waltham, Whitford'a BI'k,Westof Waltham National Bank. 

M. S. PAGE & CO. 

yViERCH A.NDISE jBROKERS, 

Cor. Hanover, Salem and Endicott Streets, 
BOSTON. 

Loan Money on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Guns, Revolvers, Clothing, etc., etc., in large 
quantities or in single articles. Also, all kinds of Gold and Silver Watches, Diamonds. Plated 
Ware, Spectacles, Revolvers, Rifles, Double Guns ; Office, Parlor, Kitchen and Alarm Clocks, 
forsake. Nearly every kind of American Watches for Gents', Ladies', and Boys' Wear, in 
Gold and Silver, Key and Stem Winding, New and Second-Hand. Music Boxes, Watches, 
Clocks, and Jewelry Repaired, and Warranted, by experienced workmen. 

EVERY ARTICLE WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. 

And, while the price on every article is guaranteed to be low, we are able to offer many goods, 
New and Second-Hand, from one half to two thirds prime cost, and just as good in quality as 
are to be found elsewhere. Remember the place, 

BOSTON LOAN OFFICE, 

Corner of Salem, Endicott and Hanover Streets, Boston. 

N. B. Every article at private sale. No Mock Auction Sales. 



Total Receipts of the Society, 1875, $8,454.69 
" '* " " 1876,10,011.28 
" 44 *« " 1877, 10,084.18 



MASSACHUSETTS TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY, 

Room 11, Congregational House, 7 A Beacon Street, and 1 Somerset Street, Boston. Wm. 
B. Spooner, Pres. Charles L. Heywood, Treas. Benjamin R. Jewell, Secretary and Gen- 
eral Agent. Organized Feb. 22, 1871. Incorporated Mar. 15, 1877. Not Sectarian, not 
Partisan. 

OUR AIM. The Reformation of the Intemperate. The Rescue of the Moderate 
Drinker. The Salvation of the Youth. 

O UR ME TM OD. Moral and Religious Agencies. 

OUR HOPE. The Church. The Sabbath School. The Public School. 
. New Temperance Concert Exercise, published by the Society. Temperance Book and 
Tract Repository, — Complete Assortment. 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
Total Receipts of the Society, 1871, #6,338.04 
"« " • «« 1872, 6,803.68 
" " " " 1873, 7*780.31 
M •« " " 1874, 8,368.04 

ELEVEN REASONS why the Society should receive the Contributions of the 
Benevolent and Philanthropic : — 

1. Not a dollar of its receipts is expended for political, partisan, or sectarian purposes. 

2. The largest number of Temperance meetings held last year by any State organization. 

3. Lecturers of first-class ability employed by the Society. 

4. The only State Temperance Society that offers liberal prizes for best compositions upon 
the " Evil of Intemperance, and the Remedy." 

5. In Public School work it excels all other State Temperance Societies. 

6. Headquarters of the Sunday School Temperance Union. 

7. A Reference Library, where the student, philanthropist, reformer, politician, states- 
man, and Christian can consult the best and most reliable authorities. 

8. General circulation of tracts and Temperance Literature. 

9. A hearty co-operation with all other Temperance organizations, secret and open. 

10. Strict accbuntability, rigid economy, and the most practical measures characterize 
the management of the Society. 

11. Its Board of Directors consists of some of the most prominent and successful business 
men in the State, clergymen and laymen of all religious denominations, and ladies, who are 
among the most active and efficient workers in the cause of Temperance. 

Form of Bequest. — lgive and bequeath to the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society, 
incorporated in 1877, the sum of ... . dollars, to be applied to the uses of said Society. (If 
real estate, describe the property.) 

Office Hours, 9 a. m. to 3 P. M. 

BENJ. R. JEWELL, Sec'y ana Ben] Agent, Room 11, congregational House, BOSTON, mass. 

G. H. GREEN, 

Jobber and Retailer in 

Trimmings, buttons, Gloves, Corsets, 

AND SMALL WARES OF EVERY VARIETY, 
NO 20 WINTER STREET, BOSTON. 



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ALSO, MEN'S AND BOYS' HATS AT RETAIL. 

16 Summer Street - - - Boston. 



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EVERY RANGE WARRANTED. 

No Housekeeper should be Without One. 

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BARSTOW STOVE COMPANY, 
56 Union Street - - - Boston. 

NOTICE TO THE LADIES. 

CORTICELLI SILK AND TWIST 




Shbuld be kept for sale by all enterprising dealers in Trimmings. When you cannot procure 
it at your store, apply directly to the manufacturers, 

Nonotuck Silk Company. 

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NO. 18 SUMMER STREET. 



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Important Notice from the Committee of the Massachusetts 
Women's Christian Temperance Union: 

This Book was compiled in the interest of the State Fair, held 
in Boston in May, 1878. The time allotted to its preparation was 
very short. After it was electrotyped, among the Meats four receipts 
were found poisoned with Wine. 

It is impossible to testify to the sorrow of the Committee in 
charge of the book, when the fact was discovered, and they take 
this occasion to say that in a future edition the error will be 
corrected. 



PREFACE. 



To the Women of Massachusetts, from the Members of the 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union : 

We cordially invite you to take an interest with us in this 
reformatory work. Our labors are. confined to no one class of 
unfortunates ; we strive to help all, the rich as well as the poor. 

You may ask, What is our work ? We will invite you to turn 
over the leaves of this volume and read our records, our re- 
ports. We are working to combat a terrible calamity, or call 
it, as some are pleased to, a disease. Whatever name it takes, 
whatever disguise it assumes, it is a terrible power in our land, 
this demon, Intemperance. 

Can you, do you realize what intemperance is? If we speak 
only of our own city, its effect is terrible. It is an evil of gigan- 
tic power, a great obstacle to the progress of the gospel. We 
would ask all who love Christ and their fellow -men to come 
forward and help us. 

We, of this Union, are women believing and trusting in God's 
promises. He has said, " Ask and ye shall receive," so we 
come to this work trusting in his love. We have undertaken 
this great work, the saving of our youthful community from this 
scourge, for it is devastating our fair land worse than any 
disease that ever came upon us. The plague in ancient times, 
we read, in many cases yielded to prayer ; the cholera, physi- 
cians tell us, is not as malignant in communities whose people 
love and fear God, instead of serving the prince of evil; and we 
honestly believe, that as women who are of one mind to serve the 
Lord in lowliness of spirit, that we shall, we must succeed. Good 



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men and true are on our side, as our advertising columns will 
show, and we wish to call your special attention to them, for 
they were ready to help us when we called on them. Let every 
temperance man and woman show that they appreciate the 
kindness by their liberal patronage. 

And, ladies, we ask you to aid us, that we may have the 
means, when these poor, weak, weary, tempted ones stretch 
out their hands imploring us to save them from this fearful foe. 
We cannot, we must not refuse them, if they are willing to make 
the effort with our assistance. Give us liberally, for these mis- 
guided ones are God's children and our brothers. 

We have compiled this volume carefully. We trust it will 
commend itself to your taste and judgment. Every recipe has 
been proved and tested in our own private families, and we 
offer it knowing its value to you, and by its sale assisting us in 
our work. 

Our wishes, our prayers are for you all, that this monster of 
wretchedness, that is so thoroughly undermining our prosperity 
as a nation, may not darken your doors; for when once its 
shadow has crossed your threshold, all joy has departed. 

As we ask your aid, we also ask you to join with us in the 
heartfelt prayer, God save the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts ! 

Committee on Publication, 
Mrs. C. P. Smii.ey, 
Mrs E. M. H. Richards. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS 

Woman's Christian Temperance Union 

HAVE ESTABLISHED 

Headquarters at 36 Bromfield St , Ro m 13 12. 

Room open from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. 

They have for sale all documents connected with plan of Sunday-School Temperance 
Union. Also, Pledges, Tracts, Dialogues, Bonks of Song, Books adapted to Sunday-School 
Libraries. The best Temperance literature of the day can be obtained here. Call and see 
us. 

Mrs. MARY A. L1VERMORE, Pres't. 

Mrs. L. B. BARRETT, Sec. 



WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, 



OF MASSACHUSETTS, 

Incorporated in the autumn of 1877, at the request of our friend 
and patron, Hon. Henry H. Faxon, Quiney, Mass., 

HAVE ESTABLISHED 

Headquarters at 36 Bromfield Street, Room 13£. 

Room open from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. 
CALL AND SEE US. ALL ARE INVITED. 

Mrs. MARY LIVERMORE, Pres't. 

Mrs. L. B. BARRETT, Sec. 



At the annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance 
Union of Massachusetts, held in the Bowdoin Square Baptist 
Church, Boston, October 26th and 27th, 1876, delegates being 
present representing seventy-two local Unions, the following revised 
Constitution and By-Laws were adopted. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Whereas, intemperance with its fearful resulting evils, is on 
the increase in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and 
whereas woman is, and always has been, the greatest sufferer 
from this vice, which invades her home and destroys her loved 
ones, and whereas in our land God has signally blest the 
efforts of women to reclaim the inebriate and suppress the in- 
famous traffic in intoxicating liquors, therefore, 

We, the undersigned, women of Massachusetts, covenant 
with one another in a sacred and enduring compact against the 
wicked sale of alcoholic stimulants, under whatsoever name or 
form it may be conducted, and although sanctioned and pro- 
tected by law. We pledge ourselves to work for the reclama- 



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tion of the fallen, to prevent the young from contracting tastes 
and habits which eventuate in drunkenness, and for the creation 
of a high moral and religious sentiment in favor of total ab- 
stinence from all that may intoxicate. 

For this purpose, invoking the blessing and guidance of 
Almighty God, and the sympathy and co-operation of all good 
people, who would free our beloved land from a most potent 
cause of crime, pauperism, waste, and general demoralization, 
we agree to govern ourselves by the following : 



BY-LAWS. 

ARTICLE I. 

This association shall be called the Woman's Christian 
Temperance Union of Massachusetts. 

ARTICLE II. 

The officers of this Union shall consist of a President, Sec- 
retary, Treasurer, and Auditor, who shall respectively perform 
the duties which devolve upon such officers, and who, together 
with seven others chosen annually, shall constitute an Executive 
Committee with full powers to carry forward the general work 
of the Union, and to fill all vacancies which may occur in their 
committee. 

ARTICLE III. 

One or more Vice-Presidents shall be chosen from each county, 
who shall supervise the work of the W. C T. U. within the 
bounds of the county for which they are appointed, and one of 
wmom shall preside at all conventions held therein. 

ARTICLE IV. 

These Vice-Presidents may organize auxiliary societies, arrange 
for public meetings, devise plans of work, and take measures 
for the thorough canvass of the territory of said counties, sub- 
mitting such plans and arrangements to the State Secretary for 
approval of the Executive Committee. They shall also furnish 
a quarterly statistical report to the State Secretary. 



TEMPERANCE UNION CUISINE. 7 

>. 

ARTICLE V. 

The Executive Committee, together with the Vice-Presidents 
of the several counties, shall constitute a Board of Management, 
who shall meet every three months for mutual counsel concern- 
ing the work of the State ; the date of these quarterly metings 
to be fixed by the Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Regular meetings of the Executive Committee for the trans- 
action of business shall be held on the second Tuesday of each 
month. Special meetings of the Executive Committee shall be 
subject to the call of the Secretary. Special meetings of the 
State Union may be called by the Executive Committee, or on 
the written request of the Secretaries of five local Unions. 

ARTICLE VII. 

The Executive Committee shall appoint three persons from 
their own body to act as a Committee on Finance, upon whom 
shall devolve the responsibility of the raising of funds. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

The Treasurer shall receive ail moneys, keeping proper books 
of account ; and shall make such disposition of the funds as the 
Executive Committee may direct, each order of the Committee 
being signed by the chairman of the Committee on Finance. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Each auxiliary Union may make its own By-Laws, regulate 
its meetings and those of its Executive Committee, and transact 
any other business which may be deemed necessary to the 
efficiency of the Union, not inconsistent with the Constitution 
and By-Laws of the State Union. Any local Union may be- 
come auxiliary to the State Union by the payment into the 
State Treasury of twenty-five cents for each of its members. 

ARTICLE x. 

The annual meeting of the State Union shall be held on the 
Wednesday and Thursday of the fourth week of October, at the 



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call of the Executive Committee. At that time the election of 
officers for the ensuing year shall take place, the President and 
Secretary being chosen by ballot, and all other officers as the 
State Convention shall decide. 

ARTICLE XI. 

Five members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a 
quorum. 

ARTICLE XII. 

These By-Laws may be amended by a vote of two thirds of 
the members present at any annual meeting of the Union, 
notice of the same having been given a year previous. 



RESOLUTIONS. 

The following resolutions were presented, discussed, and 
adopted : — 

Resolved, That the members of this convention, recognizing 
that their call to the temperance work is from God, desire to 
express the conviction of their utter dependence upon the Lord 
for all needed supplies of wisdom and strength. 

Resolved, Since it is easier to prevent than to cure, That we 
urge upon the Temperance Unions the importance of organiz- 
ing and sustaining Juvenile Temperance Societies ; and by 
every available means committing the youth of our land, both 
by profession and practice, to the principles of Total Absti- 
nence. 

Resolved, That, as Christian women, we will use our influ- 
ence against the use of fermented wine at the Communion 
tables of the churches. 

Resolved, That the women of the Christian Temperance 
Unions, as far as they can, will use their influence against the 
use of tobacco in every form ; and that they will not contribute 
toward the support of smoking-rooms in connection with their 
work. 

Resolved, That, believing no legislation can make that right 
which is in itself wrong, and asserting that whoever is engaged 



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in the sale of ardent spirits is guilty of crime against society, 
we do hereby protest against the legalizing of the liquor traffic, 
and call upon women to petition, pray, and work until the 
License Law shall be repealed. 

Resolved, That we urge upon physicians the greatest caution 
in prescribing the use of alcohol in their practice. 

Resolved, That the women of the Temperance Unions conse- 
crate not only their hearts, their hands, and their money to the 
work of Temperance, but, if need be, their voices also. 

Resolved, That we rejoice in the harmony which has charac- 
terized the councils and the action of this State organization, 
and that we pray for the continuance of the same excellent spirit 
which has here prevailed. 

Resolved, That this convention recommend the Woman's 
Christian Temperance Unions of Massachusetts to observe 
November 7, the day of election, as a day of special prayer 
that the right may prevail, that method of observance being 
followed which is most fitting. 



SUMMARY OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED DURING 
THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER, 1877.' 

There are eighty local Temperance Unions in Massachu- 
setts, all but eighteen of which have been organized during the 
last year. 

Fifty-eight of these have made themselves auxiliary to the 
State Union. The aggregate membership of these eighty 
Unions is about 10,000. The money raised by them this year 
is $19,500. Of this sum the auxiliary Unions have raised 
$14,745. A Temperance Fair was held in Boston last May, of 
which the net receipts were $3,300. Massachusetts reports 
twenty-six Reading Rooms and two Temperance Restaurants, 
all in successful operation, so far as heard from. It has also 
thirty-one Juvenile Unions, with 8,400 members. Over 
seventy Reform Clubs have been organized since last Novem- 
ber, composed entirely of men who were previously moderate 



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or immoderate drinkers, and having an aggregate membership 
of more than 30,000. 

Eleven county conventions have been held this year and two 
petitions circulated, — one to Congress, having 22 000 signa- 
tures, and one for the repeal of the State License Law having 
10,000. Most of the Unions hold weekly prayer meetings, 
and several carry on three or four prayer and gospel meetings 
weekly- 



TEMPERANCE UNION CUISINE. 



REPORT 

OF THE 

FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 

OF THE 

Woman's Christian Temperance Union 

OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

The Fourth Annual Convention of the Woman's Christian 
Temperance Union of Massachusetts was held in the Salem 
Street Congregational Church, in Worcester, the 24th and 25th 
of October, with about two hundred delegates in attendance, 
and large numbers of members, not delegates. Mrs. Mary A. 
Livermore, President, occupied the chair throughout the entire 
session. 

Mrs. L. B. Barrett, Corresponding Secretary, presented the 
annual report, showing one hundred and twenty-five local Unions 
throughout the State, with about 10,000 members. Nearly all 
have held weekly prayer-meetings, and twenty-eight have held 
gospel temperance meetings every Sunday. Twenty-seven 
Unions have expended in the cause of temperance $6,887 37. 
Sixty Reform Clubs have a membership of 11,350; twenty-two 
Juvenile Unions have 6,377 members ; petitions have been 
circulated and 18,000 signatures obtained; twenty-eight county 
conventions and thirt} T -six Executive Committee meetings have 
been held. 

More than five hundred copies of Our Union are taken by 
the Unions, while the Morning, the Word of Truth, the National 
Advocate, Children's Banner, and other temperance papers are 
freely circulated. 

The Secretary has assisted at two camp-meetings and twenty- 
six conventions, and has visited and adressed sixty-one Unions, 



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and the lay members of the societies have been ready for work 
whenever called upon. A series of daily prayer-meetings were 
held during the month of January, having especial reference to 
the temperance work of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. A me- 
morial to the Legislature, urging the passage of a stringent 
prohibitory law, was prepared by Mrs. Geo. Amsden, of South 
Boston, and presented, in February last, by Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. 
Amsden, Mrs. Chapin, and Miss Willard. June 22, a commit- 
tee, consisting of Mrs. Livermore, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. McCoy, 
and Mrs. Richards, waited upon the mayor, asking that no 
liquor be furnished at the city's expense, at the banquet given 
by the city of Boston to President Hayes. 

October 15 th the Executive Committee prepared, and caused 
to be printed and circulated 15,000 copies of the "Address to 
the Voters of Massachusetts," a solemn and earnest appeal. 
For the past few months there has been an urgent call from 
various Unions for a plan of work among children. In answer 
a committee was appointed to take the matter into consideration 
and report a plan of work that should be best adapted to the 
need of the Unions. This was presented October 2d, adopted, 
printed, and is ready for distribution. 

The work of formation of Unions has gone rapidly on where 
an agent giving her time to the work has been employed. 
Other counties have expressed a desire for help, and had we 
possessed the adequate funds for pressing onward the work, 
there might have been a much greater increase in our Unions to 
report to-day. Through the vice-presidents much work has been 
accomplished in the way of mass meetings and lectures, and 
through our quarterly meetings the interest is kept fresh and 
glowing. Through the experience of the past year we may 
determine the line of effort for the coming year. 

Mrs. H. McCoy, Treasurer of the State Union, reported 
balance in hand one year ago, $2 238.26, received during the 
year, $802,92; total, $3,041.18. Total expenses, $1,99662; 
balance on hand, $1,044.56. 

FRIENDLY INN. 
The Boston Union report this year the establishment of a 
Friendly Inn. atNos. 36 and 38 Harrison Avenue, opened to the 



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public July 1st. This institution is already nearly self-supporting. 
It has a Cafe which meets a want long felt by temperance peo- 
ple ; it has also a Reading Room and a Chapel, and lodging 
for thirty men. A daily prayer-meeting is held in connection 
with this work, and at the first quarterly meeting it was found 
that about forty men had been assisted in their efforts toward a 
temperate life. 

TAUNTON HOME. 

The ladies of the Taunton Union have established a " Home " 
for the restoration of inebriate women, hiring a very commo- 
dious unoccupied hotel of the city for this purpose, at a rent of 
$500 per annum. They have been greatly encouraged in this 
work by their success with women who went to them from the 
county jail, after they had served out terms of sentence for 
drunkenness, and who were considered hopeless cases. The 
Union include men in their reformatory work, and in connection 
with the Home they have established an " Employment Bureau," 
which has been wonderfully helpful to the families of inebriates, 
and to those struggling towards a better life. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

The following resolutions were discussed and unanimously 
adopted. 

" Whereas, The evils of intemperance are incalculable, ex- 
tending into every department of life, and whereas the supporters 
of the liquor traffic are united, aggressive, and persistent, the 
great mass of the people, even in the Christian Church, remain- 
ing indifferent to this colossal wrong, and whereas without united 
action we waste our forces ; therefore, 

"Resolved, That we, members of the Massachusetts Woman's 
Christian Temperance Union, looking to God for strength and 
guidance, will unite to push our work the coming year in the 
following directions : — 

"First. — We will aim to establish Woman's Temperance 
Unions in every city, town, and village in the State. 

" Second. — We will urge all Unions to become auxiliary to the 
State organization, in order that the aggressive work may not 



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stop for want of funds, and that we may not fail of the power 
that comes from concerted action. 

"Third. — We will endeavor to engage young women in 
active work in the temperance cause. 

'-''Fourth. — We will aim to form children's societies in every 
village, town, and city in the State. 

"Fifth. — We will urge all clergymen to seek the co-opera- 
tion of their churches in this war against intemperance, and we 
will especially labor with them to secure the banishment of fer- 
mented wine from the communion table. 

" Sixth. — We will inform ourselves as to the effects of alco- 
hol upon the human system, that we may intelligently remon- 
strate with the physicians who prescribe alcoholic stimulants to 
their patients. 

" Seventh. — We will urge all housekeepers to banish liquors 
from their tables as a beverage, home-made wines, cider, beer, 
and ales included, and to cease their use in every form of 
cookery. 

"Eighth. — That while we as women are deprived of politi- 
cal power, and have no voice in legislation, we will use our 
moral and social influence with the men of our acquaintance to 
induce them to work for the enactment and enforcement of a 
stringent prohibitory liquor law. 

" Ninth. — We will continue to protest against the use of 
liquors at public banquets at the public expense, and we pledge 
ourselves to arraign social drinking customs wherever we en- 
counter them. 

" Tenth. — W T e pledge our sympathy to all temperance organ- 
izations, and as far as possible will join hands with them in 
their varied efforts to make drunkenness an obsolete vice. 

"Eleventh. — As money is indispensable to the prosecution 
of the work to-day, because of the poverty of our treasury, we 
will unite in work for a State temperance fair, to be held 
on Christian principles, in the spring, at such time and place as 
the Executive Committee may appoint. 

" Twelfth. — As the temperance camp-meetings held this 
last year at Lake View, South Framingham, and Martha's 
Vineyard resulted in great quickening of zeal, increasing of 



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members, unity of purpose, and harmony of action, and as these 
meetings are to be repeated next year at the same places, we 
pledge ourselves to give them our support, and as far as possi- 
ble our personal attention." 

ADDRESSES. 

Papers prepared for the occasion were read, and addresses 
delivered as follows : Rev. J. B. Dunn, of Boston, spoke on 
the topic, "Are Light Wines, Cider, and Malt Liquors to be 
classed with Intoxicants?" J. N. Stearns, of New York, on 
" Temperance Literature " ; Rev. Wm. M. Thayer, of Franklin, 
on " Communion Wine " ; Rev. W. F. Mallalien, of Boston, on 
the question, " Does the License Law decrease the Traffic in 
Intoxicating Drink?" Rev. J. H. Jones, of North Abington, 
" How to eliminate the Race-Taint that leads to Drunken- 
ness " ; Mrs. J. K. Barney, bf Rhode Island, on "The Call to 
Women to work in the Temperance Reform " ; Miss I. C. De- 
Velling, of Springfield, on " The Wickedness and Absurdity of 
the License Law " ; Miss Louise Baker, of Nantucket, on 
u Individual Effort" ; Mrs. Emma Molloy, of Indiana, on "The 
Moral, Physical, and Financial Waste of the Drinking Customs 
of the Country " ; Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, of Melrose, 
" How can Women best oppose Intemperance ? " Other addresses 
were made by both women and men. The addresses were of a 
very high order throughout, — clear, condensed, earnest, and 
practical. 

OFFICERS. 

The following were unanimously elected officers for the en- 
suing year : — 

PRESIDENT. 
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Melrose. 

SECRETARY. 

Mrs. L. B. Barrett, 303 Shawmut Avenue, Boston. 
TREASURER. 

Mrs Henry McCoy, 15 Mercer Street, South Boston. 
AUDITOR. 

Miss Jennie Putnam, 18 St. James Avenue, Boston. 



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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
Mrs. M P. Alderman . 
Geo. M. Amsden . 
E. M. H. Richards 
P. S. J. Talbot. . 
R. K. Potter . . 
T. T. Hartford . 
C. P. Simley . . 



Hyde Park. 

73 Telegraph St., So. Boston. 
35 Monument Ave., Cha'stown. 
Maiden. 

625 Tremont St , Boston. 
Washington St., Dorchester. 
613 Tremont St., Boston. 



Two circulars have been prepared and printed, and await the 
orders of the Unions or of individuals. One submits a "Plan 
of Work" among children, and the other is the circular for the 
fair, which is to be held during the week beginning April 22, 
1878, in Horticultural Hall, Boston. Address the Secretary, 
Mrs L B. Barrett, or call at Woman's Christian Temperance 
Union Headquarters, Room 13 1-2, 36 Bromfield Street, Boston. 
Rooms open from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. 

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, President. 

Mrs. L. B. Barrett, Secretary. 



COUNTY VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Worcester County. 
Mrs. S. A. Gifford ..... Worcester. 
Mrs. R. R. Conn ..... Fitchburg. 

Middlesex County. 
Mrs. D. A. Tainter ..... Watertown. 
Mrs. M. E. W. Smith .... Maplewood. 

Essex County. 
Mrs. A. J. French ..... Lawrence. 
Miss M. J. Floyd . . . . . Peabody. 

Suffolk County. 
Miss Jennie Marsters .... Boston. 
Mrs. L. F. Poole ..... Chelsea. 

Norfolk County. 
Mrs. E. T. Hill Braintree. 



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Bristol County.. 

Mrs N. M. Daggett 

Hampden County. 
Miss I. C. De Velling 

Hampshire County. 
Mrs. M. G. Peterson 

Plymouth County. 
Mrs Ellen Congdon 

Berkshire County. 
Miss E. H. Gage .... 



SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT- 



Since the annual convention of the State Woman's Chris- 
tian Union held in Worcester, the 24th and 25th of last Octo- 
ber, six county conventions have been held, one quarterly meet- 
ing of the Board of Management composed of delegates from 
thirty-five towns of this State. 

The secretary has visited forty-one towns, and found every- 
where a deep and growing interest in the cause of temperance. 
Eighteen new Unions have been organized. 

The towns in the western part of the State, where Unions 
have been established, desirous of arousing a deeper temper- 
ance sentiment, have invited Mr. Murphy or some of his 
colaborers to visit them. The results have been wonderful. 
Great enthusiasm has been kindled, old and young coming for- 
ward from a sense of conviction to take the pledge. All over 
our State there is shown an increased desire on the part of the 
women to band themselves together for active warfare against 
a common foe. 

What we most need to-day is money to carry our glorious 
work into every town in our State. 

MRS. L. B. BARRETT, Secretary. 



Attleboro'. 

Springfield. 

Ware. 

Plymouth. 

Pittsfield. 



HOUSES TO LET 

IN QUINCY, 

AT 

REDUCED PRICES. 



Large Store with good cellar and carriage-house, on Hancock Street, formerly occupied by 
H. W. Gray. It is one of the best locations in town for the Grocery, Provision, Dry Goods,. 
New and Second Hand Furniture, or Auction business. Rent low. 

Old-Fashioned House, five rooms, in complete repair, with 17 acres of wood and pasture 
land, and 5 acres of cultivated land, with fruit trees; located on South Street, i§ miles fiom 
depot. The estate is within \ of a mile of schools, churches,' port-office, and steamboat land- 
ing at Quincy Point. 

Farm of 10 acres of cultivated land with a variety of fruit trees, 17 acres of wood and pasture 
land with three houses, two barns, workshop, and sheds. The premises will be let together or 
separately if desired. Located on South Street, about 1^ miles from depot, and % of a mile 
from Quincy Point, schools, churches, and post-office. 

Small, Old-Fashioned House, 5 rooms, junction of North and South Streets, 1% miles 
from depot. 

Small Stable in the centre of the town. $4.00 per month. 

Three separate Tenements at Quincy Neck, i^miles from depot. $3 00 to $5.00 per month. 

Two-Story, Slated Roof House ; well and cistern water ; 9 rooms ; with sheds, hennery, 
and stable connected, and 4 acres of land. Situated on North Street, 15 miles from depot and 
5 mile from Quincy Point, churches, post-office, schools, etc. During the summer months a 
steamer makes daily trips between the Point and Boston. 

Three Brick Houses, 10 rooms eaoh, suitable for one or two families, with gas and water, 
Nos. 137, 145, and 157 Everett Avenue, Chelsea. The same are modern built, face-brick 
front, with Mansard roof, brick sidewalk, hammered stepstones and underpinning, and witb> 
in five minutes' walk of the public square of the city of Chelsea. Will be let for the low price 
of $10.00 per month, each house, and water tax ; on lease if desired. Apply to JAMES M. 
SOULE, No. 40 Middlesex Street, Chelsea. 



A very liberal reduction will be made in rent to any one who 
wishes to pay a years' s rent in advance. 



For further information call upon or address, 

HENRY H. FAXON, 

Residence near Stone Temple and Bailroad Depot, Quincy. 



Quincy, March 12, 1878. 



M. W. C. T. U 



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COMPILATION OF VALUABLE RECIPES 



KNOWN TO BE RELIABLE. 



COPYRIGHT, 

1878. 




PATENTED. 



YOUR attention is called to the novel and practicable "Bread Mixer and 
Kneader " represented in the above cut. It is simple in construction and cannot get 
out of order; has no wheels, cogs or other machinery; is easy to clean, and admirable 
in its working. It will make more bread in bulk, with the same quantity of flour, in 
half the time and with half the labor, than in the usual manner of mixing. 

It requires no expenditure of strength — a small child can easily turn the handle 
that moves the knife through the dough. 

Some persons are not, and never can be, good bread makers by the ordinary 
method of kneading with the hands; "they haven't the knack of it," as Aunt Hitty 
says — "they are too heavy handed," but with this reliable and efficient " Stanyan 
Bread Miser," all alike, can have sweet, fine grained and nutritions 
bread. 

The uniform motion of the knife mixes thoroughly the raising properties with 
the flour, so that when the work is accomplished every part of the dough is permeated 
and ready to commence raising at once; this is the fundamental principle of good 
bread making. 

By the use of the ** Stanyan Bread Mixer,** we claim that better bread can 
be made of a cheaper grade of flour than is made from a higher grade, by the ordinary 
method of stirring and hand kneading. Furthermore, THE HANDS SEED 
NOT TOUCH THE DOUGH, and in this way the bread escapes any impuri- 
ties which may exude from the hands, in the kneadful exertion of the old process. 

When the bread made with this mixer is cut, the uniformity and fineness of the 
spongy cells, reflects the light so evenly that it presents to the eye a whiter surface, 
than when the grain is uneven. 

Housekeepers without servants will find this " Bread Mixer" a welcome help, 
meet, and with a fair grade of flour and good yeast, they will be able to satisfy 
the crustiest of husbands. 

Remember what we claim for the " Stanyan Bread Mixer" over the old 
process of hand kneading. 

It will make whiter, lighter, and better bread. It makes excellent pastry and 
cream of tartar biscuit. It will not scatter flour, as the moulding board is not 
used. It saves both time aiad labor. It insures clean bread. It is used 
in a common bread pan, will not get out of order and is easy to clean. 

Some of the best families now using this Bread Mixer "cordially recommend it 
as of great value and a necessity in every kitchen." 

Price within the reach of all, and may be saved in six months. 

After a thorough trial, if not satisfactory it may be returned, and the money 
will be refunded. 

STANYAN COMPANY, 

D. K. CROSS, Selling Agent. 75 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 

Also for sale at the Waterman Kitchen Furnishing Store, ii and 13 Essex St 
Howe Sewing Machine Co., 344 Washington Street. 



BREAD. 



Bread should be mixed as soft as can be handled. It will 
rise sooner and be lighter and more digestible, and keep fresh 
much longer. Let it rise in a moderately warm place, and away 
from the cold. If it become sour, add a little soda or saleralus 
dissolved in hot water, and work it in well. Is better if you 
can get along without it however. Knead well and faithfully. 
Have a moderate oven with a steady fire. A tin box is best to 
keep it in. When it is taken out of the oven hot, do not set it 
flat on the table, as it acquires a bad taste from the wood if you 
do. Set it on the end to cool. If it has a thick, hard crust, 
first wrap it with a wet cloth and put a dry one over it, and let 
it sweat until it becomes soft. In summer, bread should be 
mixed with cold water; in damp weather the water should be 
tepid, and in cold weather quite warm. If the yeast is new, a 
smaller quantity will make the bread rise. 

YEAST. 

Boil a handful of hops in a quart of water; strain, and add 
eight potatoes which have been pared, boiled, and mashed, 
one teacupful of sugar, one half teacupful of salt, and one 
tablespoonful of ginger ; when cool, add one cup of yeast. 

YEAST No. 1. 

Pare and grate eight good-sized potatoes; add a cup and 
three quarters full of white sugar, and the other quarter salt. 
While preparing the potatoes, have a good handful of hops 
boiling in three pints of water ; when boiled enough, strain over 
the mixture and return to the stove. Let it just come to a boil, 
then set away to cool before stirring in the yeast. Rise in 
warm place. 

YEAST No. 2. 

Four potatoes mashed, one cup flour, one half cup sugar, one 
quarter cup salt, one pint boiling water, one pint cold water, 
one yeast cake. 

BREAD. 

Five cups of flour ; rub in a large spoonful of lard, also one 
of salt; one cupful yeast; wet with a pint of milk and water 
enough to mould well ; knead twenty minutes ; Jet it rise all 



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night, and in the morning put in pans and rise again till suffi- 
ciently light Bake in a moderately heated oven. 

BISCUIT. 

One quart of flour ; sift with it three heaping teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder ; mix in thoroughly a small tablespoonful of 
lard ; mix lightly with cold water, as soft as you can mix. 
Bake in a hot oven. 

MRS. READ'S ROLLS. 

One half cup melted butter ; three fourths cup yeast ; one 
tablespoonful sugar ; one pint milk ; flour to make it stiff 
enough to roll out. Let it rise. Cut it out in rounds, double 
over to form rolls, put in pans; let them rise again half hour 
before baking. 

GRAHAM BREAD. 

One coffee-cup flour ; two coffee-cups graham flour ; one 
coffee-cup warm water ; a little molasses ; one teaspoon salt ; 
one half teaspoonful soda ; half teacup yeast. Mix stiff with 
spoon ; stand over night. Bake one hour in moderate oven. 

SALLIE'S GRAHAM MUFFINS. 

One pint sour milk ; one even spoon soda ; one tablespoon 
sugar; one tablespoon lard. Graham flour to make stiff; a 
little salt. 

MRS. R. GRAHAM GEMS. 

One coffee-cup graham flour ; one of sweet milk ; two eggs 
well beaten, and a little salt. Have the gem-pan hot and 
well buttered, and a hot oven. 

SNIP DOODLES. 

MRS. E. H. S. 

One cup flour; one cup sugar ; one egg ; one half cup milk ; 
one teaspoonful baking powder ; one tablespoonful butter ; 
Cinnamon for spice. Bake thin and cut in squares. 

MY BROWN BREAD. 

(This is good for constipated people, as it contains a larger quantity of 
rye meal, and does n't sour on the stomach.) 

Three cups of rye meal ; two cups of Indian meal ; one tea- 
spoonful of salt ; two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar. Mix well 
together, and then add one cup of molasses and one pint of 
tepid water with one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it. Steam 
over a good kettle of boiling water four hours. If you wish a 



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IMPORTANT TO EVERY FAMILY 

TO KNOW WHERE THE 

BEST CLASS OIF 1 GOO IDS 

Can be bought for the Smallest Amount of Money. The old 

established and well-known firm of 

C. D. COBB & BROS. 

^36 & Wilmington Street, So^tort, 

Have had for over thirty years the reputation of selling the best goods for the 
least money. Buying, as we do, of first hands, and gaining all advantages of 
cash trades, we are enabled to offer our patrons all goods at a small advance 

FROM FIRST COST. 

We respectfully solicit an examination of our 

Choice Selection of Family Groceries, 

And a comparison of Our Prices with those of other dealers. 

GOODS DELIVERED FREE ONE HUNDRED MILES. 

All orders for a general selection of groceries, not including sugars, we will 
deliver, by freight, at the depot in the place where you reside, providing it is 
within one hundred miles of Boston, 

FREE OF CHARGE. 

Our Great Specialty is TJSS-A., to which we would call your special 
attention as to price and quality. Owing to the great reduction in the price 
of teas in China and Japan, and the decline in gold, we are enabled to 
sell the 

Best Teas for 60 cents per lb. 

We would also call your attention to our Strictly Pure SPICES, 

our trade in this one line of goods is immense, and the demand for them is 
increasing daily. 

Every family can save from fifty to one hundred dollars every year by buy- 
ing their Grocery bills of us. Send or call for a Catalogue of Goods with 
prices, which will give all the particulars. 

Be sure and remember the name and number. 

C. D.COBB & BROS. 
726 & 728 Washington Street, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



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crust then bake for half an hour. This must be cooked imme- 
diately on mixing, or it will be heavy. 

MRS. FROST'S BISCUITS. 

One quart of flour ; sift with three heaping teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder (or if preferred one teaspoonful soda and two 
of cream tartar does as well). Mix in thoroughly a small ta- 
blespoon lard. Mix lightly with cold milk as soft as you can 
roll out. Bake quick. Eat hot. 

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. 

MRS. H. M. NICHOLS. 

Into three pints of flour, rub dry two heaping teaspoonfuls of 
cream of tarter ; add one half cup of butter, a little salt, one 
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a pint of milk and water ; mix 
thoroughly, roll to an inch in thickness, bake twenty minutes in 
a good quick oven. When done divide it; butter and cover 
with strawberries and sugar. To be eaten while warm. 



BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES. 



MRS. BLEECKER'S WAFFLES. 

One quart of milk, a little sour if possible ; a piece of butter 
the size of an egg; a piece of lard the same size; four eggs. 
Mix well with flour enough to make a stiff batter. If the milk 
is a little sour, enough soda to cover a five-cent piece will be 
sufficient to raise the waffles ; but if it is fresh a teaspoonful of 
soda must be used ; a teaspoon of salt. Bake as quickly as 
possible. 

RUSK. 

Two cups sweet milk; two eggs; two cups melted butter; 
four cups flour ; a little salt ; two teaspoons cream of tartar ; one 
teaspoon soda ; to be well beaten. 

RUSK. 

One pint of milk ; one teacup of yeast ; mix it thin ; when 
light, add twelve ounces of sugar ; ten ounces of butter ; four 
eggs ; flour sufficient to make it as stiff as bread. When risen 
again, mould and spread it on tin. 

TO MAKE GOOD RUSK. 

Take a piece of bread-dough large enough to fill a quart 
bowl ; one teacup of melted butter ; one egg ; one teaspoonful 



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of saleratus ; knead quite hard, roll out thin, lap it together, 
roll to the thickness of a thin biscuit, cut out with a biscuit 
mould, and set it to rise in a warm place. From twenty to 
thirty minutes will generally be sufficient. Bake them and dry 
thoroughly through, and you will have an excellent rusk to eat 
with your coffee. You can make them with hop yeast, and 
sweeten them, too, if you please. I use milk yeast. 

PARKER HOUSE ROLLS, No. 1. 

MRS. MCCOY. 

Pint of sweet milk ; one egg ;one cup of yeast ; one half cup 
sugar ; knead at night, soft, and let it stand until morning, then 
knead again and set away in a cool place. About two hours 
before you wish to bake the rolls, knead the dough, roll it, and 
cut into pieces about three inches square ; butter the edges, lay 
them together, put the rolls into pans and let them stand until 
light, then bake and eat 

PARKER HOUSE ROLLS, No. 2. 

MRS. G. T. B. 

Two quarts flour ; a dessertspoonful of lard, and one of salt 
rubbed into the flour ; one half cup yeast. Boil a pint of milk, 
when cool stir all together, and knead it twenty minutes. If 
wanted for breakfast prepare in the morning and let it rise 
slowly all day, and at night roll out and cut with a large-sized 
biscuit-cutter ; place a small bit of butter in the middle of each, 
turn it half way over like a turn-over ; let them rise all night. 
Bake in a quick oven. 

MADAM GRAVES' NOODLES. 

Take three cups of flour on the rolling board ; make a hole in 
flour ; put in two eggs (beaten) ; teaspoonful of vinegar ; table- 
spoonful of milk ; stir the eggs and flour with a knife ; make it 
very stiff ; cut the dough in three parts ; then roll each sepa- 
rately as thin as paper ; then put them together and cut in fine 
strips. Put in boiling water with a little salt ; boil steadily from 
fifteen to twenty minutes. 

GOOD CORN CAKE. 

One egg; one tablespoonful of sugar; one tablespoonful of cream 
or melted butter ; some salt and stir all together ; add one cup 
sour milk ; one teaspoonful of saleratus ; one cup of flour ; one 
cup of corn meal, beat well together, and bake in a quick oven 
twenty minutes. 



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CORN CAKE. 

One cup Indian meal ; one half cup flour j one cup sweet 
milk ; one egg ; one teaspoon salt ; two tablespoons sugar ; one 
teaspoon cream tartar ; half teaspoon soda. To be well beaten. 

SPLENDID CORN CAKE. 

Beat together two eggs and two spoonfuls of sugar ; then add 
one cup of milk ; two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar and one of 
soda ; one and one third cups meal ; two thirds cup flour ; stir 
them ; add two cups milk and stir thoroughly. 

CORN CAKES. 

One egg; two tablespoonfuls sugar ; little salt ; one large cup 
milk ; one cup corn meal ; one cup flour ; one half teaspoonful 
soda ; one cream tartar. 

BREAKFAST CORN CAKE. 

L. B. B. 

One egg ; two tablespoons of sugar ; one large cup of milk ; 
one half teaspoonful of saleratus dissolved in boiling water ; one 
cup Corn meal ; one cup flour ; heaping spoon of cream of tartar 
silted into the meal. 

INDIAN MUFFINS. 

MRS. T. T. H. 

One pint sweet milk ; two eggs ; a little sugar and salt ; one 
cup of flour i one pint Indian meal ; three teaspoonfuls yeast 
flour. 

RYE MUFFINS. 

One pint sweet milk ; two eggs ; a little sugar and a little salt ; 
one pint flour, one pint rye flour; three teaspoonfuls yeast 
powder. 

FLOUR MUFFINS. 

One pint of sweet milk ; piece of butter, size of an egg, 
melted ; one quart of flour ; three teaspoonfuls of yeast powder. 
Bake in hot rings. 

HOPKINTON FLAPJACKS. 

One and a half pints of buttermilk ; little saleratus to sweeten 
milk, one cup sugar, two thirds cupful of meal sifted ; spice 
to taste ; little salt, unless buttermilk is salt. Flour, the con- 
sistency of flapjacks. 

RICE PANCAKES. 

Boil half a pound of rice to a jelly. When cold, mix with 
it a pint of cream, two eggs, a little salt and nutmeg. Stir in 





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four ounces of butter, just warmed, and add as much flour as 
will make the batter thick enough. Fry in as little lard as 
possible. 

MRS. M. A. PATTERSON'S DOUGHNUTS. 

One cup of sugar, one of milk ; one egg ; one large spoonful 
of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one of soda, salt 
and spice to taste, and flour enough to make a stiff dough. 
Roll out and fry in hot lard. 

MRS. McCOY'S DOUGHNUTS, 

Take a piece of pastry you have left when making pies, the 
size of an egg ; put that into one cup of sour milk ; let it stand 
two days ; then add to the above mixture, one egg, one cup of 
sugar, two thirds teaspoonful soda, a little salt, and nutmeg ; 
flour enough to mould. Do not make it too hard ; roll out and 
cut in strips and twist. Do not fry them in too hot lard. 
Let them remain on one side until well done. Do not turn 
them over but once. 

MRS. R.'S DOUGHNUTS. 

One egg ; one cup sugar ; one cup milk, and a little salt and 
nutmeg ; half teaspoonful saleratus, dissolved in hot water ; one 
half teaspoonful cream tartar sifted in the flour ; mix solt. 



SOUPS. 



BROWNING FOR SOUP. 

Put some brown sugar in a heated skillet, and let it brown a 
little ; to each tablespoon of sugar, put one cup of water; let it 
boil. Stir in the soup a short time before serving. 

STOCK FOR WHITE SOUP. 

A knuckle of veal is best, but a piece of neck will do. Cut 
all the fat off a pound of ham ; put it and the veal in a pot, one 
and one half pints of cold water to a pound of meat ; skim the 
soup when it boils ; put in one once of salt, three onions, three 
carrots, one teaspoon of whole pepper, two blades of mace ; 
boil for six hours; let it simmer slowly. Cover the vessel 
it is to be kept in, and set in a cool place. 



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VEAL SOUP. 

Take two pounds veal and one gallon of water ; let it boil 
until tender; add pot marjoram, thyme, chopped onions, pep- 
per and salt. To brown it, take a tablespoon of butter, and 
two of flour ; mix with a little of the broth ; roll the butter in the 
flour, and let it stew in the broth ; then add to the soup. Just 
before serving, add a wineglass of wine, a few cloves, spice, 
and cayenne pepper. Cut and slice three hard-boiled eggs. 

VEAL SOUP WITH MACARONI. 

Three pounds veal, knuckle or scrag, with the bones broken 
and meat cut off, three quarts water, one fourth pound macaroni. 
Boil the meat in the water alone, till reduced to shreds, three 
hours at least. Cook the macaroni, broken into inch pieces, in 
water in a vessel by itself, till tender. Add a little butter to the 
macaroni, just as it is done, strain the meat out of its soup ; 
season to taste ; put in the macaroni and the water it was 
cooked in. Let it boil up once and serve. 

' A FRENCH SOUP MADE WITHOUT MEAT. 

Take a large lump of butler and a tablespoonful of flour ; 
brown them in the saucepan in which the soup is to be made; then 
chop up fine some carrots, onions, celery, sorrel, and potatoes, 
and mix them together ; put them into the saucepan, with pep- 
per and salt, pour boiling water over them, and let them stew 
over the fire for three or four hours ; they can hardly simmer too 
long. A little thyme, parsley, cress, and mint are great improve- 
ments added to the other ingredients. 

SPLIT PEA SOUP. 

Take any bones of roast meat, lay them on a clean meat 
board, pound and break them (a small hatchet carefully wiped 
clean is very good for this purpose). Put the bones and any trim- 
ming of cold meat into a soup-kettle or large saucepan, cover well 
with cold water, set it on the back of the stove, cover it closely. 
When it fiist bubbles, skim it well, cover it, and let it simmer 
slowly four hours. If necessary, to prevent its boiling hard, set a 
tin plate on a brick under the saucepan. At the end of four 
hours take the soup from the fire, pour off the liquid through a 
strainer or colander into a shallow pan, let it become cold, 
then remove every particle of fat from the surface, and strain the 
soup through a cloth. An hour before it is wanted, put it on 
the stove to heat. Allow for three pints of stock, a large 
coffee-cup full of split peas, which should be soaked if very old. 
Pour off those which rise to the top, put the others on the 
stove to boil two or three hours, until they are perfectly soft. 
Then rub them through a colander, and when the stock is boil- 



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ing, add the peas and a small piece of butter, and pepper and 
salt. This soup is good and nourishing, besides being very 
economical. Excellent broth and soup can be made of bones 
left from roast meat of any kind, and they should be saved for 
the purpose. 

TOMATO SOUP. 

MRS. HAWLEY. 

One quart tomatoes with a pint of boiling water boiled two 
hours ; one tablespoonful butter ; two tablespoonfuls flour ; 
rub well together, stir in, adding a quart of milk, salt and 
pepper to taste. Let the milk just boil and strain through a 
sieve. 

GREEN CORN SOUP. 

Cut the kernels from a dozen large ears of green corn, and 
just cover them in a stewpan with boiling water. Boil half an 
hour, add a quart of milk, pepper and salt to taste. Beat three 
eggs very light. When the soup just comes to the boiling point 
again, stir in the eggs, and serve quickly 

F ANNIE'S POTAGE A LA REINE, OR QUEEN'S 

SOUP. 

1 st. Make a good, rich chicken broth. 2d. Roast a 
tender chicken in buttered paper, in such a way that it will 
not be colored. 3d. Boil some rice, and then cook it with a 
part of the broth. 4th. Take the meat of the chicken, except 
one of the wings, bruise or chop it very fine ; add to it the rice 
and a little of the broth ; pass the whole through a sieve or 
bolting cloth. 5th. When about to serve, warm it without 
letting it boil. Season with salt according to taste; add 
a little thick cream and fresh butter. 6th. Cut in pieces the 
chicken remaining; put it in a soup tureen, and then pour over 
it the soup. Be sure the soup is neither too thick nor too 
thin. 

SOUP BALLS. 

Take one pint of sweet milk, when boiling hot stir in dry 
flour until it is stiff, add a pinch of salt, when cold add one egg 
and enough flour to allow you to form it into balls ; about ten 
minutes before serving your soup drop the balls in. They will 
be light and will not fall after being lifted out. 



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COOKING MEATS and VEGETABLES. 

LENGTH OF TIME. 



BOILING- MEATS. 

Corned beef, four hours ; mutton and lamb, three hours ; 
veal, two and one half hours ; chicken, two hours ; fowls, three 
hours ; corned pork, three hours. 

ROASTING- MEATS. 

Beef, from one to two hours according to the size ; mutton 
and lamb, three hours ; veal, two hours ; chickens, two and one 
half hours ; turkey, three hours ; goose and ducks, parboil one 
hour before roasting, then roast one and one half hours; pork, 
three hours. For roast meats have a quick oven. 

VEGETABLES. 

Boiling cabbage, three hours ; beets, three, turnip and car- 
rots, one and one half hours ; potatoes, squash, and parsnips, 
about one hour. 

SUMMER VEGETABLES. 

Greens, one hour ; string beans, from three to four hours ; 
green peas, beets, and turnips, one hour ; squash and potatoes, 
three fourths of an hour ; green corn, from fifteen to twenty 
minutes. 



MEATS. 



A LA MODE BEEP. 

MRS. G. HART. 

Get a round of beef ; cut holes in it two inches apart, and 
draw suet through it in strips ; then make more holes, and put 
in them dressing, same as for turkey. Having tied a string 
around it to hold it, put into a large porcelain kettle, and cover 
with water ; add two onions ; two carrots sliced across ; eight or 
ten cloves ; the same of allspice ; salt to taste. Cook slowly 
four hours ; an hour and half before it is done add half a can of 
tomatoes. 

TO MAKE TOUGH BEEF TENDER. 

To those who have worn down their teeth masticating poor, 
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found a remedy for the evil. Cut your steaks the day before 
using into slices about two inches thick, rub them over with a 
small quantity of soda, wash off next morning, cut it into suit- 
able thicknesses, and cook to notion. The same process will 
answer for fowls, legs of mutton, etc. Try it, all who love 
delicious, tender dishes of meat. 

FRENCH BEEFSTEAK. 

Cut the steaks a finger's thickness, frorn. a fillet of beef ; 
season with pepper and salt, and dip them in melted fresh 
butter ; lay them on a heated gridiron, and broil them over hot 
coals ; have parsley and butter chopped, and put it in the mid- 
dle of the dish, round which you lay the steaks, and dip them in 
it. Serve them with the squeeze of a lemon over them. 

VEAL CROQUETTES. 

Take very finely minced veal, moisten it with cream and a 
beaten egg; season with salt, sweet marjoram, and a little 
pounded mace ; form into small cones either by hand or in a 
wineglass ; crumb the outside and fry, or else set into the oven 
and bake, basting frequently. 

VEAL LOAF. 

MRS. DORR. 

Three pounds veal cut from the leg ; a small slice of pork 
(chop together fine) ; six rolled crackers ; butter size of an egg ; 
two eggs : salt and pepper, sweet marjoram or sage ; mix thor- 
oughly ; make into a loaf ; brush it over with beaten egg, and 
cover it thick with rolled cracker ; put bits of butter over the 
loaf, and place it on a grate over a dripping pan ; put water with 
a little salt in the pan, and frequently baste the loaf with the 
water while baking Bake one hour, or until it is a rich brown ; 
to be eaten cold. Add a little lemon juice and grated rind. 

VEAL SCALLOPS. 

Cut veal from the leg or other lean part into pieces the size 
of an oyster. Have a seasoning of pepper, salt, and a little 
mace mixed, rub some over each piece ; then dip in egg, then 
into cracker crumbs, and fry as you do oysters. They both 
look and taste like oysters. 

SADDLE OF MUTTON. 

Trim off all fat and superfluous parts from a saddle of mutton ; 
put it in a Dutch oven, before a clear fire, not too near, and let 
it roast slowly, turning and basting often. When nearly done, 
remove the outside skin, dredge the meat with flour and draw it 
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when dished; thicken the gravy in the dripping pan, season it, 
and strain it over the mutton. Serve with currant jelly. 

MUTTON PIE. 

Cut steaks from a loin of mutton, beat them, and remove 
some of the fat ; season it well, and put a little water at the 
bottom of the dish Cover the whole with a pretty thick paste, 
and bake it. 

LAMB PIE. 

Make it of the l'oin, neck, or breast. The breast of house-lamb 
is one of the most delicate things that can be eaten. It should 
be very lightly seasoned with pepper and salt, the bone taken 
out. but not the gristle, and a small quantity of jelly gravy be 
put in hot ; but the pie should not be cut till cold. Put in two 
spoonfuls of water before baking. Grass-lamb makes an ex- 
cellent pie, and may either be boned or not ; but not to bone it 
is, perhaps, the best. Season with only pepper and salt. . Put 
in two spoonfuls of gravy when it is taken out of the oven. 

LAMB STEWED WITH PEAS 

Cut the scrag or breast of lamb in pieces, and put in a stew- 
pan with just water enough to cover it. Cover the pan and let 
it simmer or stew for twenty minutes. Take off the scum, add 
a tablespoon salt and a quart of shelled peas Cover the stew- 
pan, and let them stew for half an hour. • Mix a tablespoon of 
flour with a quarter pound of butter and stir with the stew. Let 
it simmer for ten minutes. Serve with new potatoes boiled ; 
add a little mace and pepper, if you like these flavors 

BARBECUED HAM. 

Cut your raw ham in slices ; soak in scalding water for an 
hour ; then lay the slices flat in a frying pan, pepper each and 
spread on each one fourth teaspoon of made mustard. Pour in 
vinegar in proportion of half a teaspoon to a slice ; fry quickly, 
turning often. When done, take out and seive on a dish ; add 
to the gravy half a glass of wine and a teaspoon sugar ; boil up 
once, and pour over the meat. 

MEAT CAKES. 

Take any kind of underdone meat, and mince it up very 
fine with any remnants of tongue or ham. Take one quarter 
pound of this mixture and two ounces of mashed potatoes ; mix 
well. Melt a piece of butter in a saucepan ; add the mince ; 
season with pepper, salt (if necessary), and powdered sweet 
herbs ; stir until quite hot, then add, off the fire, the yolks of two 
eggs. Let the mixture cool, fashion it into cakes, egg and 
breadcrumb them, and fry to a golden brown. Mix in a sauce- 
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by degrees a small bottle of conserve de tomates and a small 
quantity of stock ; boil it up, put the sauce in the middle of the 
dish, the meat cakes round, and serve very hot. 

SAUSAGE MEAT. 

Six pounds lean fresh pork, three pounds fat fresh pork, 
twelve teaspoons powdered sage, six teaspoons black pepper, 
six teaspoons salt, two teaspoons powdered mace, two tea- 
spoons powdered cloves, one grated nutmeg. Chop the meat 
fine ; mix the seasoning in with your hands, and pack down in 
stone jars, pouring a layer of melted lard on top. This is to 
keep nicely. When you want to use it, take enough for a 
meal, form into small cakes and fry ; their own fat will fry 
them ; do not put any other grease in the pan. 

TO ROAST A TURKEY. 

Let the turkey be picked, singed, and washed, and wiped 
dry, inside and out ; joint only to the first joints in the legs, and 
cut some of the neck off if it is all bloody ; then cut one dozen 
small gashes in the fleshy parts of the turkey, on the outside 
and in different parts of the turkey, and press one whole oyster 
in each gash, then close the skin and flesh over each oyster as 
tightly as possible ; then stuff your turkey, leaving a little room 
for the stuffing to swell. When stuffed, sew it up with a stout 
cord, rub over lightly with flour, sprinkle a little salt and pepper 
on it, and put some in your dripping-pan, put in your turkey, 
baste it ofien with its own drippings ; bake to a nice brown, 
thicken your gravy with a little flour and water. Be sure and 
keep the bottom of the dripping-pan covered with water, or it 
will burn the gravy and make it bitter. 

DRESSING FOR TURKEY. 

Some pieces of bread with six crackers ; one egg ; butter the 
size of an egg ; one teaspoonful salt; one half teaspoonful pep- 
per; one heaped teaspoonful of sage, chopped fine. Moisten 
well with warm water. 

TO ROAST A GOOSE. 

This requires keeping, the same as fowls, some days before 
cooking. r lhe goose is best in the autumn and early part of 
winter ; never good in spring. What is called a green goose is 
four months old. It is insipid after that, although tender. 
Pick well and singe the goose, then clean carefully. Put the 
liver and gizzard on to cook as the turkeys. When the goose 
is washed and ready for stuffing, have boiled three white pota- 
toes, skin and mash them ; chop three onions very fine, throw 
them into cold water ; stir into the potatoes a spoonful of butter, 
a little salt and black pepper, a tablespoonful of finely rubbed 
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etc When well mixed, stuff the goose with the mixture, have 
ready a coarse needle and thread, and sew up the slit made for 
cleaning and to introduce the stuffing. A full-grown goose 
requires one hour and three quarters. Roast it as a turkey, 
dredging and basting. The gravy is prepared as for poultry, 
with the liver and gizzard. Apple sauce is indispensable for 
roast goose. 

SAVORY SAUCE FOR A ROASTED GOOSE. 

A tablespoonful of made mustard ; half a teaspoonful of cay- 
enne pepper ; and three spoonfuls of port wine. When mixed, 
pour this hot into the body of the goose before sending it up. 
It wonderfully improves the sage and onions. 

COLD TONGUE ON TOAST. 

Take cold smoked tongue or ham ; mince or grate fine, mix it 
with the beaten yolks of egg and cream or milk, with a dash of 
cayennne pepper ; prepare thin, small, square pieces of buttered 
toast ; place on a heated platter, putting a spoonful of the meat 
on each piece ; cover with dish-cover, and send to table hot, 
for breakfast or lunch. 

OYSTER STEW. 

One quart of oysters ; take the juice of the oysters, with one 
pint of milk, one pint of water ; bring to a boil with a little 
salt and pepper; add the oysters, with a piece of butter the size 
of a large egg, and bring to a strong boil. 

PRIED OYSTERS. 

Dry the oysters in a clean towel ; then dip in beaten egg, 
and then in rolled cracker crumbs ; fry about five minutes in 
lard or beef drippings. Butter is apt to be oily, and lard is 
better for frying. them in. 

SCALLOPED OYSTERS. 

Two quarts oysters ; wash them, and drain off the liquor ; six 
soft crackers pounded fine ; put in a dish a layer of crumbs, a 
little mace, pepper, and bits of butter, then a layer of oysters, 
and repeat until the dish is filled . turn a cup of oyster-liquor 
over it ; bake three quarters of an hour. 

CLAM CHOWDER. 

Butter a deep tin basin, put in a layer of grated bread-crumbs 
or cracker crumbs ; sprinkle in pepper and bits of butter ; then 
put in a double layer of clams, and season with pepper and but- 
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bread-crumbs, or a layer of soaked cracker ; add a cup of milk 
or water ; turn a plate over the basin and bake three fourths 
of an hour. To fifty clams, one half pound soda biscuit and 
one fourth pound of butter is the right proportion. 

CLAM FRITTERS. 

Fifty small or twenty-five large clams ; dry them in a napkin. 
If large, cut them in two ; put a pint bowl of flour into a basin, 
add two well-beaten eggs, one half pint milk, and nearly as 
much of the clam liquor ; beat the batter till free from lumps, then 
stir in the clams. Put lard or beef drippings into a frying pan, 
heat it to boiling, then drop in the clam batter by the spoonful. 
Fry brown on one side, then turn and fry on the other. 

FISH FRITTERS. 

Take the remains of any fish which has been served the pre- 
ceding day, remove the bones, and pound it in a mortar ; add 
bread-crumbs and mashed potatoes in equal quantities ; mix to- 
gether half a teacupful of cream, with two eggs, well beaten, 
some cayenne pepper and anchovy sauce ; beat all up to a proper 
consistency, cut it into small cakes, and fry them in boiling lard. 

TO ESCALLOP POTATOES. 

Having boiled, beat them in a fine bowl, with cream, a large 
piece of butter, and a little salt ; put them into escallop-shells, 
or tins, make them smooth on top, score with a knife, and lay 
thin slices of butter on the tops of them ; then put them into an 
oven to brown, or before the fire. 

POTATO CAKES. 

Take mashed potatoes, flour, a little salt and melted butter 
(to make them sweet, add a little powdered loaf sugar), mix 
with just milk enough to make the paste stiff enough to roll, 
make it the size and thickness of a muffin, and bake quickly. 

CALF S LIVER AND BACON. 

This is commonly tossed in butter. The liver, sliced mod- 
erately thin, is first dressed, and the rashers of bacon afterward ; 
serve garnished with the latter. Calf's liver may also be fried ; 
dip the slices into seasoned beaten egg and olive oil, and fry 
quickly. In France, similarly shaped pieces of liver and bacon 
are skewed togetner, then dipped into the oil, and subsequently 
sprinkled with bread-crumbs, and broiled ; season and serve. 
When tossed without the bacon, a glass of wine may be poured 
into the pan, and setved in the dish, with the liver arranged 
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VEAL POTTAGE. 

Take off of a knucle of veal all the meat that can be made 
into cutlets, etc., and set the remainder on to stew, with an 
onion, a bunch of herbs, a blade of mace, some whole pepper, 
and five pints of water • cover it close, and let it simmer on a 
slow fire for four or five hours, at least ; strain it, and set it 
aside till next day; then take the fat and sediment from the 
jelly, and simmer it with either turnips, celery, sea-kale, and 
Jerusalem artichokes, or some of each, cut into small dice, till 
tender, seasoning it with salt and pepper. Before serving, rub 
down half a teaspoonful of flour with half a pint of good cream, 
and butter the size of a walnut, and boil a few minutes ; let a 
small roll simmer in the soup, and serve this with it. It should 
be as thick as middling cream, and if thus made of the vegeta- 
bles above mentioned will made a very delicate white pottage. 
The pottage may also be thickened with rice and pearl barley ; 
or the veal may be minced and served up in the tureen. 

BEEF PIE. 

Take cold roast beef or steak, cut it into thin slices, and put 
a layer into a pie-dish ; shake in a little flour, pepper, and salt ; 
cut up a tomato or onion, chopped very fine ; then another layer 
of beef and seasoning, and so on until the dish is filled. If you 
have beef-gravy, put it in ; if not, a little beef-dripping, and 
water enough to make sufficient gravy. Have ready one dozen 
potatoes, well boiled and mashed, half a cup of milk or cream, 
and a little butter and salt ; spread it over the pie as a crust, 
an inch thick ; brush it over with egg, and bake it about twenty- 
five minutes. 



EGGS. 



EGGS A LA CREME. 

Hard boil twelve eggs ; slice them thin in rings. Have 
ready a plateful of grated bread-crumbs. In the botton of a 
large baking-dish place a layer of the crumbs, then one of the 
eggs ; cover with bits of butter, and sprinkle with pepper and 
salt. Continue thus to blend these ingredients until the dish 
is full ; be sure, though, that the crumbs cover the eggs upon 
the top. Over the whole, pour a large teacupful of sweet 
cream, and brown nicely in a moderately heated oven. 

SCRAMBLED EGGS. 

Break four eggs into a sauce-pan into which a large pat of 
butter has been thrown, and keep stirring the whole until they 



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are cooked, which will be in a few minutes. You will know 
when they are done by their appearance, as they will get into 
lumps. Some buttered toast should be ready, on which to 
spread the eggs, and then pepper and salt them. Some peo- 
ple add the latter while cooking. They are easily prepared, 
and very good. 

POACHED EGGS. 

Set a pail on the range, containing a pint of milk , then beat 
six eggs. When the milk is nearly boiling, put in teaspoonful 
of salt and half a tablespoonful of butter; then add the eggs. 
Stir steadily until it thickens, which will be in a minute or two. 
Set it off before it becomes thick, continuing to stir a minute 
more. Have ready, in a warm dish, two slices of toasted 
bread, buttered, and pour the egg over them. Make a little 
thicker than boiled custard. 

EGG OMELETTE. 

Eight eggs, well beaten ; one pint milk ; tablespoon of flour, 
and little salt ; fried in butter. 

CODFISH OMELETTE. 

Wash a piece of salt cod as large as your hand (small one); 
soak over night in warm water ; in the morning remove bones 
and chop fine. Then put it into three gills milk and boil it up ; 
stir in butter one half size an egg ; tablespoonful of flour, wet 
smooth in cold milk ; then add three eggs, well beaten ; turn 
into a buttered dish ; set in a hot oven until it rises and browns 
over the top. 

TOMATO OMELETTE. 

Six eggs ; wineglass of flour ; four ripe tomatoes ; pepper 
and salt to the taste. Use sufficient milk to mix smooth the 
flour. 

COOKING EGGS. 

The following is commended by good authority, though we 
do not vouch lor it : instead of boiling new-laid eggs, pour 
boiling water upon them and set them in a warm place for ten 
minutes. Do not let them come to a boil, but keep at nearly 
boiling point, and they will be soft, creamy, deliciously jellied, 
and easily digested by an invalid. 

TO PRESERVE EGGS. 

Preserve eggs by a quick dipping in boiling water, and pack- 
ing in fresh salt, small end down. 



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PUDDINGS. 



PARADISE PUDDING. 

Three eggs ; one fourth pound of bread-crumbs ; three apples ; 
currants ; juice of half a lemon ; nutmeg ; salt. Mince the ap- 
ples, beat the eggs, and stir them into the bread-crumbs and 
other ingredients. Rub the currants in flour before being put 
in. Boil for an hour and a half. To be eaten hot with sweet 
sauce. 

ORANGE PUDDING. 

Peel and cut five good, sweet, juicy oranges into thin slices, 
taking out all the seeds. Pour over them a coffee-cup of white 
sugar. Let a pint of milk get boiling hot by setting it into 
some boiling water ; add the yolks of three eggs, well beaten, 
one tablespoonful of corn starch, made smooth with a little cold 
milk. Stir all the time, and as soon as thickened pour it over 
the fruit. Beat the whites to a stiff froth, adding a tablespoon 
of sugar, and spread over the top for frosting. Set it into the 
oven for a few minutes to harden. Eat cold or hot for dinner 
or tea. Substitute berries of any kind, or peaches, if you like 
them better than oranges. 

DELIGHTFUL PUDDING. 

One quart of boiled milk mixed with a quarter of mashed 
potatoes and the same quantity of flour ; with one or two 
ounces of butter and two ounces of sugar. When it is cold 
add three eggs, well beaten ; bake half an hour, and eat with 
sauce. 

BOILED BERRY PUDDING. 

One pint of flour ; one teaspoonful of cream of tartar ; one 
half teaspoonful of soda ; a little salt and butter. Put the ber- 
ries in at the bottom of the pan and the crust on top. Boil two 
hours. 

BER&Y PUDDING. 

One pint of milk; two eggs; flour enough to make a thin 
batter ; salt ; berries. Boil one and a half hours. 

STEAMED BERRY PUDDING. 

MRS. H. M. NICHOLS. 

Make a biscuit crust of one quart of flour, two teaspoonfuls of 
yeast powder sifted together dry, one teaspoonful of salt, one 



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half cup of shortening, milk or water to make a soft dough, roll 
out and spread with berries ; sprinkle on sugar, then roll up and 
put into a pan and steam two or three hours ; eaten with a 
sauce. 

BIRD'S NEST PUDDING. 

One gill of milk ; one egg ; one large spoonful of flour. Beat 
the egg and flour together ; pare and core the apples ; turn the 
custard over, and bake. Sweet sauce. 

MRS. R'S TAPIOCA PUDDING. 

One quart of milk ; two thirds of a cup of tapioca ; two eggs ; 
one teaspoonful of salt ; three tablespoonfuls of sugar; very lit- 
tle nutmeg. Soak the tapioca overnight in the milk ; if made 
in the morning, let it stand an hour. Beat in the other things, 
and let it stand two hours. Bake slowly one hour. 

TAPIOCA PUDDING. 

One pint of boiling milk, poured upon a cupful of tapioca ; 
cinnamon; one cup o£ sugar ; cover this up. When cold add 
one pint of cold milk, and bake. 

TAPIOCA CREAM PUDDING No. 1. 

One tablespoonful of tapioca, soaked about two hours in 
water ; then take one pint of milk, the yolks of two eggs, one 
half cup of sugar, a little salt ; put this all in a dish and boil 
until it thickens, and when cool flavor Take the whites of the 
eggs with one large spoonful of sugar for the frosting. 

TAPIOCA CREAM PUDDING No. 2. 

Soak three tablespoonfuls of tapioca in a little water or milk 
over night, then add a quart of milk, and steam it gently until 
it come to a boil, or is soft ; then add a little salt, the beaten 
yolks of three or four eggs, scalded in, — also a cup of sugar. 
Set it away to cool in the dish in which it is to be sent to the 
table. Flavor as you please When ready to use, cover with 
the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth. 

QUICK BAKED INDIAN PUDDING. 

One quart milk ; one cup meal ; two thirds cup molasses ; 
one teaspoon soda ; two cream tartar ; one egg ; one teaspoon 
ginger ; salt ; and bake one half hour. 

INDIAN PUDDING. 

MRS. H MCCOY. 

Scald one pint of milk; turn on to one half cup of Indian 
meal ; add three eggs ; two thirds cup of molasses ; salt and 
cinnamon ; one pint of cold milk. Bake two hours. 



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QUEEN OP PUDDINGS. 

MRS. H. M. NICHOLS. 

Into one quart of milk, put one pint of fine bread-crumbs ; 
butter the size of an egg ; the yolks of five eggs ; sweeten and 
flavor as for a custard, and bake ; make frosting of the whites of 
the eggs and one cup of sugar ; put on a layer of jelly when the 
pudding is hot, and then the frosting. Brown slightly in the 
oven. 

BREAD PUDDING. 

A layer of bread-crumbs and a layer of sour apples. Pour a 
custard over them, and bake. 

BAKED PLUM PUDDING. 

Six crackers, covered with a quart of milk ; let them soak till 
soft ; add a piece of melted butter the size of an egg ; five eggs ; 
one cup of sugar ; one of molasses ; a pint and a half of raisins ; 
boil them three hours, and pour them in. Spice. Bake three 
hours in a slow oven. 

BOILED PLUM PUDDING. 

Eight Boston crackers, soaked over night in a quart of milk, 
and strained through a fine colander in the morning ; three 
fourths of a cup of molasses ; raisins, boiled ; salt ; spice ; but- 
ter, dissolve it. When dissolved, pour upon it one pint of boil- 
ing water. When cold, cut in slices, and pour , over it a boiled 
custard. 

RICE PUDDING No. 1. 

One half cup of rice to one quart of milk. Boil in a kettle of 
water as for a custard. Beat the yolks of four eggs with four 
spoonfuls of sugar, and stir in while hot; then beat the whites 
of the eggs with four spoonfuls of sugar, and pour over the 
top. Place in the oven, and let it brown. 

RICE PUDDXFTG No. 2. 

One half cup of rice ; two thirds of a cup of sugar ; one quart 
of milk ; a little salt ; a teaspoonful of extract of lemon. Bake 
one hour slowly. Eat cold. 

MRS. r:s rice pudding. 

Two thirds of a cup of rice ; one teaspoonful of salt and one 
of cinnamon ; three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two of molasses, 
and one of butter ; large quart of water and milk, half of each ; 
raisins. Bake two hours slowly. 

BOILED RICE PUDDING. 

One cup of rice ; water and milk ; salt ; raisins. Boil two 
and a half hours. 



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SNOW CUSTARD PUDDING. 

MRS. H. M. NICHOLS. 

One half box of gelatine \ pour over it one pint of boiling 
water ; stir until all is dissolved ; add two cups of sugar and the 
juice of two lemons ; when nearly cool add the whites of three 
eggs : beat all thirty minutes and pour into a dish to harden. 
For sauce : Take the yolks of the three eggs, one pint of milk ; 
sweeten to taste ; bring to boil. When nearly cool, add a little 
salt, and flavor with vanilla or lemon. 

SNOW PUDDING. 

Pour one pint of boiling water over half a box of gelatine. 
When dissolved, add one teacup of white sugar and the juice 
of two lemons. When cool and hard, beat with it the whites of 
four eggs (previously well beaten), and put it into a dish to 
cool. Make a boiled custard of the yolks of the eggs, and 
pour around it before sending to the table. 

BUN PUDDING. 

One half sheet of buns ; one quart of milk ; three eggs ; 
three tablespoonfuls of sugar ; a little nutmeg and salt. Mix 
these together, and pour on the buns ; let them stand twenty 
minutes if you like ; bake until the custard is done. 

TAPIOCA PUDDING. 

One quart of milk ; one teacup of tapioca, soaked for an 
hour or two in a warm place, or on the stove until swelled out. 
Stir in a teaspoonful of salt, and three well-beaten eggs ; one 
cup of sugar. Bake. 

BREAD PUDDING. 

One pint of crumbs of baker's bread ; one quart of milk ; 
one cup of sugar ; grated rind and juice of one lemon ; the 
yolks of three eggs. Bake. Then spread over the top jam or 
jelly ; then spread over the whites of three eggs, beaten to a 
froth. Bake. Eat cold. 

INDIAN PUDDING. 

Scald a pint of milk j coffee cup of meal ; two thirds of a cup 
of molasses ; a pint of cold milk ; a little butter. Salt. 

COTTAGE PUDDING. 

One teacup of sweet milk ; three cups of flour ; one coffee 
cup of sugar ; one egg ; one tablespoonful of butter ; one half 
teaspoonful of soda. Melt the butter. Dissolve the soda in a 



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little of the milk, and stir it in after the other ingredients are 
mixed. Bake half an hour. To be eaten with sweet sauce. 

CHOCOLATE PUDDING. (My Own.) 

MRS. H. S. SEAVER. 

One quart of boiling milk with three heaping teaspoonfuls of 
grated chocolate, well stirred in ; then add a half cup of sugar ; 
yolks of two eggs, a very little salt ; two tablespoonfuls of corn 
starch, and flavor with vanilla. After cooking a few minutes 
pour in a dish. Beat the white of two eggs to a stiff froth with 
two tablespoonfuls powdered sugar. Spread on the pudding 
and set in the oven to brown. Then, if preferred, put spots of 
jelly on the frosting. To be eaten with sugar and cream. 

A DELICATE PUDDING SAUCE. 

MRS. H. S. SEAVER. 

One cup of boiling milk. Beat one egg and two tablespoon- 
fuls of powdered su^ar together to a froth. Pour on the boil- 
ing milk and stir. Flavor with lemon. 

VERY NICE GINGER PUDDING. 

One and one half cups of butter; one half cup of sugar; one 
cup of milk; two and half cups of flour; two eggs ; one teaspoon- 
ful ginger ; one teaspoonful cream tartar ; one half teaspoonful 
soda. Steam this two hours. 

YORKSHIRE PUDDING. 

First roast your beef. Pour off the gravy, and substitute one 
pint of milk ; three eggs ; flour enough to make a thin batter. 
Pour into the pan with the meat, and bake ten or fifteen minutes. 
Then eat with meat and gravy. 

SNOW PUDDING. 

Beat white of one egg to a stiff froth ; dissolve one quarter 
box of gelatine in a little more than half a pint of hot water ; 
when the gelatine is dissolved, add juice of one lemon ; strain 
this and add a cup white sugar ; when cool add the froth of the 
egg and beat to a stiff froth. Serve in small dishes and make 
a custard and pour on. 

SUET PUDDING. 

One cup suet chopped fine ; one cup milk ; one cup molasses ; 
one cup chopped raisins ; one teaspoon soda ; one nutmeg ; one 
teaspoon cloves ; flour to make a stiff batter. Steam three hours. 



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CHARLOTTE RUSSE. 

D. B. S. 

Strain into a pint of cream, well sweetened, a little less than 
one half box of gelatine dissolved in a pint of warm milk : cool 
on the ice for an hour, and then add the whites of seven eggs 
well beaten, mixing thoroughly; flavor with vanilla, and keep 
cool until wanted ; turn into moulds lined with sponge drops 

APPLE MERINGUE.- DELICIOUS. 

Pare, slice, stew and sweeten ripe, juicy apples ; mash smooth, 
and season with nutmeg or lemon-peel ; nil a deep pie plate with 
an under crust, and bake till done. Then whip whites of three 
eggs for each pie to a stiff froth, with a little sugar, one tea- 
spoon to an egg; beat till it stands alone, then spread over the 
pie three fourths of an inch thick ; return to the oven three or 
four minutes to brown ; to be eaten cold. Dried peaches or 
canned fruit of any kind may be used instead of apples. 



PIES. 



LARD OR BUTTER FOR PASTRY. 

Lard or butter to be used for pastry should be as hard as pos- 
sible. If left on the ice for a while before using, the pastry 
will be lighter and better. It needs only to be cut through 
the flour with a chopping knife, not rubbed. 

TO MAKE PASTRIES. 

MRS. LAMBERT. 

Make a paste of flour and lard, or suet if preferred, with suf- 
ficient cold water to mix it ; take some meat, beef or mutton or 
pork, and cut in small pieces ; roll out the paste, and put the 
meat into it ; add pepper and salt sufficient to season it, onions 
cut up small, if liked ; peel some potatoes, cut them in slices, 
and put them in with the meat ; make the paste in shape of a 
turnover or pastry and bake for one hour. 

CHARLOTTE RUSSE PIE. 

One and one half cups sugar, three eggs beaten five minutes, 
one teaspoon cream tartar stirred into two cups flour ; one half 
teaspoon soda, dissolved in one half cup cold water ; flavor to 
taste ; bake in three pans. 

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starch ; put in pint of boiling milk ; put on fire and boil until 
thick ; salt and flavor to taste. 

LEMON PIE No. 1. 

MRS. F. N. L. 

Take the rind and juice of two lemons, one cup sugar, one 
and one half crackers pounded fine ; yolks of two eggs ; two 
thirds cup of milk ; put each into the bowl in just this order, 
stirring it as each goes in, to have it mixed well together. Line 
the plate with crust, as for a custard pie, then pour this mixture 
into it, cook about half an hour. Very nice. 

LEMON PIE No. 2. 

The yolk of one egg ; the juice and pulp of one lemon ; one 
tablespoonful of flour or corn starch; two thirds cup sugar; 
beat well together and add one cup of water. Beat the whites 
of two eggs to a stiff froth, add one tablespoonful sugar, and 
after the pie is baked, spread the frosting over it and return it 
to the oven to slightly brown. 

LEMON PIE No. 3. 

MRS. W. ANNON. 

Grate the. rind of one lemon, add the juice, with three eggs ; 
two thirds cup of sugar ; one teaspoonful flour; two thirds cup 
of milk. 

LEMON CUSTARD PIE. 

Yolks of three eggs beaten with half cup sugar ; one cup 
milk ; flavor with lemon ; bake this ; make crust same as any 
pie, and put this in and bake. Then take whites of three eggs, 
beat to froth ; two tablespoons powdered sugar ; when the fiist 
is baked turn this on and bake over. 

COCOANUT PIE. 

One half pound grated cocoanut ; three fourths pound white 
sugar ; six ounces butter ; whites of five eggs ; one glass white 
wine ; two tablespoons rose-water ; but wine and rose-water may 
be omitted ; one teaspoon nutmeg. Beat butter and sugar well ; 
add the cocoanut with as little beating as possible ; then whip 
in the stiffened whites of the eggs quickly and deftly, and bake 
in open shells. 

PUMPKIN PIE. 

One quart stewed pumpkin, strained through a sieve ; nine 
eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately; two quarts milk ; one 
and one half cups su^ar ; one teaspoon cinnamon and mace. 
Beat well and bake without top crust. 



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PASTRY FOR MINCE PIE. 

One cupful lard ; two cupfuls flour ; one half cupful ice water ; 
a pinch of salt ; use a knife to cut the lard through the flour 
until fine ; then add the water and mix with the knife until no 
flour remains in the bowl. Roll in a sheet and place small bits 
of butter over ; dust well, fold up; and repeat the process twice, 
using half a cupful of butter. Roll the crust thin ; have a quick 
oven ; it will rise in flakes. 

CREAM PIE. 

MRS. H. MCCOY. 

Three eggs ; one cup of sugar ; three tablespoonfuls of melted 
butter ; six teaspoonsfuls of sweet milk ; one heaped cup of 
flour ; one and one half teaspoonfuls of yeast powder ; beat 
together and bake in two pans; when done, divide, and fill with 
cream or jelly. 

Cream. — One pint of milk ; one egg ; one tablespoonful 
flour ; when boiled add little vanilla or lemon. 

APPLE TRIFLE. 

Scald as many apples as, when pulped, will cover the dish 
you design to use to the depth of two or three inches. Belore 
you place them in the dish add to them the rind of half a lemon, 
grated fine, and sugar to taste. Mix half a pint of milk, half a 
pint of cream, and the yolk of an egg; scald it over the fire, 
keep it stirring and do not let it boil ; add a little sugar, and let 
it stand till cold, then lay it over the apples, and finish with the 
cream whip. 



CAKES. 

TEA CAKE. 

One cup of sugar ; half cup butter ; two eggs ; one and half 
cups of flour ; half cup of sweet milk ; one teaspoonful yeast 
powder. Spice to taste. 

CREAM CAKES. 

MRS. H. M. NICHOLS. 

One cup of butter, one pint water boiled together ; while on 
the stove stir in two cups of dry flour ; mix thoroughly, then 
when cool break seven eggs into the same dish. Drop from a 
spoon, and bake in a quick oven. Fill with cream. 



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^fteUTft ^xlfonat ^hmm. 

Many ladies of the W. C. Temperance Union are using Weld's 
National Flavors, and recommend them to their friends. 
They are of fine flavor and perfectly wholesome. 



Wbiboi's Jamaica Ghgeb. 



We are often told that Weldon's Jamaica Ginger is 

the best that can be got. It is good for all summer complaints, 
colds, chills, etc., and better than any alcoholic liquor. The 
above goods are carefully prepared and guaranteed by the 
proprietors, 

C. D. WELD & CO , Boston. 

DOVER EGG BEATER. 



FAMILY SIZE. 



Beats the whites of Eggs thoroughly in 10 seconds. 
Mixes and prepares Batter without labor. 
Six eggs can be made to fill a quart. 
Churns Butter in a few minutes. 
Cleansed in a moment. 



Both flat beaters or floats revolve and interlace 

each other. It never spatters. 
No rivets or joints to get loose. 
Buy it of your Tinsmith, Grocer, Hardware or 
Crockery dealer. Return it and get your money 
if you are not delighted with it. 



Too much cannot be said in favor of this wonderful household treasure. 
Once introduced into a family IT MUST become a permanent fixture. 




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GARY CAKE. 

One cup of sugar ; half cup cream ; two eggs ; one cup of 
flour; one teaspoonful cream of tartar; half teaspoonful sale- 
ratus ; nutmeg. 

COOKIES. 

MRS. HENRY McCOY. 

Two eggs ; one and half cups of sugar ; one cup of butter ; 
one quarter cup of milk,dissolve one half teaspoonful of saleratus 
in the milk ; cinnamon and nutmeg ; flour to roll. Bake in a 
quick oven. 

GINGERBREAD. 

One cup of molasses ; one cup ot sour milk ; a little butter ; 
not a very stiff batter of flour; 

ALMOND CAKE. 

One and two thirds cups of sugar ; two thirds of a cup of but- 
ter ; four eggs ; one cup of milk ; three cups of flour ; with two 
teaspoonfuls of Kidder's baking powder mixed with the flour ; 
two teaspoonfuls of essence of almond. • 

SOFT GINGERBREAD. 

One cup of molasses ; one cup of sugar ; one half cup of but- 
ter ; one cup of milk ; four cups of flour; two eggs; two tea- 
spoonfuls of cream of tartar ; one and one fourth teaspoonfuls 
of soda ; one teaspoonful of ginger ; and one half teaspoonful 
each of cloves and cinnamon. 

THIN GINGERBREAD. 

Three cups sugar ; two cups butter ; two cups of milk ; one 
spoon ginger; one spoon sugar ; flour enough to make stiff 
enough to roll out. 

SPONGE GINGERBREAD. 

One cup butter; two eggs; one cup molasses ; one cup milk; 
one cup sugar; three and one half cups flour ; two teaspoon- 
fuls ginger. Mix, and drop thin in a buttered pan. 

KATE'S SUGAR GINGERBREAD. 

One tumbler of butter ; two tumblers of sugar; four tumblers 
of flour ; one tumbler of milk ; four eggs ; two teaspoons cream 
of tartar ; one teaspoon soda. Put the soda in the flour, and 
cream tartar in sugar. 

TO MAKE GINGER SNAPS. 

Take one tablespoonful of ginger, one of lard, one teaspoon- 
ful of saleratus, half pint molasses, half teacupful water, with a 
sufficiency of flour. Knead soft, roll thin, and bake in a quick 
oven. 

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COOKIES. 

One cup butter ; two cups sugar ; two thirds cup milk or 
water ; one teaspoon soda ; two teaspoons cream tartar. Spice 
to taste. 

DOLLY VARDEN CAKE. 

Two cups of sugar; two thirds of a cup of butter ; three eggs ; 
one cup of sweet milk ; three cups of flour ; one teaspoonful of 
cream of tartar ; one half teaspoonful of soda, and flavor with 
lemon. Bake one half the above mixture in two pans; to the 
remainder add one tablespoonful of molasses, one cup of 
chopped raisins, one half cup of currants, a piece of citron, 
chopped fine ; one fourth teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, 
and nutmeg. Bake in two pans. Then put the sheets together 
alternately, with a little jelly, or the white of an egg beaten to a 
froth. Frost the top if you wish. 

EXCELLENT JUMBLES. 

• One cup of butter ; two cups of sugar ; one cup of cream ; 
one teaspoon soda; one egg; a little nutmeg; flour enough to 
stiffen it so as to bake in rings. Bake quickfy. 

COFFEE CAKE.- EXCELLENT. 

One cup of butter ; one of sugar ; one of molasses ; one of 
strong coffee ; five of flour ; one pound of raisins ; one tea- 
spoon soda ; one of cinnamon ; one of allspice ; half nutmeg ; 
three eggs ; sift the soda in the molasses. 

CAMBRIDGE CAKE. 

Three eggs ; butter the size of an egg ; one half cup sweet 
milk ; one and one half cups sugar ; one pint flour ; teaspoon of 
cream tartar; one half teaspoon soda. 

SALLY LUNN. 

One pint of flour ; one pint of milk ; two eggs ; a little less 
than half a cup of sugar ; same quantity of butter ; one tea- 
spoonful of soda ; two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar ; bake 
about twenty minutes. To be eaten hot. 

BOSTON CAKE. 

Two cups flour ; teaspoon cream tartar; one half teaspoon 
soda; tablespoon hot water; one cup sugar ; one half cup butter; 
two thirds cup milk. Flavor with lemon. 

FRENCH CAKE. 

Four eggs, beat separately; two cups white sugar; one cup 
milk ; half cup butter ; three cups flour ; two spoons cream tartar ; 
one spoonful soda. Mix sugar and butter, then add eggs, then 



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the milk, with soda dissolved in it. Then stir the flour with 
the cream tartar. Rub dry. Flavor with lemon. 

WEDDING CAKE. 

Four cups sugar; eight eggs ; six cups flour; two cups butter; 
one cup molasses; a tablespoonful each of all kinds of spice; 
two pounds of raisins ; two pounds of citron ; two pounds of cur- 
rants; two teaspoonfuls cream tartar ; one teaspoonful soda; 
one cup of milk. 

WHITE CAKE. 

Two cups of sugar ; half cup of butter ; the whites of four 
eggs ; one cup of sweet milk ; three of flour ; three small tea- 
spoons of baking powder, sifted in with the flour. Beat the 
sugar and butter to a cream, then stir in the milk and flour, a 
little at a time ; add the whites last. All cake should be well 
stirred before the whites of the eggs are added. Never fails. 

LIGHT TEA CAKE. 

One cup of sugar ; two eggs ; half a cup of melted butter ; 
one and one fourth cups of milk ; two teaspoonfuls of cream of 
tartar ; one teaspoonful of soda ; and sufficient flour to make a 
stiff batter. It will bake in.twenty minutes if the oven is hot. 

ORANGE CAKE. 

One cup of sugar ; one half cup of butter ; one half cup of 
cold water ; three eggs (reserving the whites of two for frost- 
ing), two even cups of sifted flour ; two teaspoonfuls of baking 
powder; juice and pulp of one orange. Bake in three jelly 
tins. Make a frosting of the whites of the eggs, two thirds of a 
cup of white sugar, and grated peel of one orange, spreading it 
on each layer. 

SNOW CAKE. 

One cup of white sugar ; a piece of butter the size of an 
e gg ) one e gg ) one CU P of milk ; one teaspoonful of cream of 
tartar ; one half teaspoonful of soda ; nutmeg ; two cups of 
flour. 

BRIDE'S CAKE. 

The whites of four eggs ; two cups of white sugar ; three 
quarters of a cup of butter ; one cup of milk ; one teaspoonful 
of soda ; extract bitter almond ; flour. 

LEMON CAKE. 

Stir together until very light four cups of white sugar ; two of 
butter ; eight eggs ; the grated rind of two lemons, the juice of 
one ; one teaspoonful of soda. Stir in gradually four cups of 
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TUMBLER CAKE. 

Six tumblerfuls of flour ; two of sugar ; one of molasses ; one 
of milk ; one of butter ; four eggs ; one teaspoonful of soda. 
Spice to the taste. Raisins, citron, currants. 

EXCELLENT FRUIT CAKE. 

One cup of butter; one of brown sugar; one of molasses j 
one of sweet milk; three of flour; and four eggs; and one 
half teaspoonful cream tartar, and one of soda. Two pounds 
raisins chopped fine, and one nutmeg. This will make two 
good-sized loaves, which will keep moist without liquor from 
four to six weeks when it is properly covered. 

SILVER CAKE. 

One cup of white sugar ; one half cup of butter ; two cups 
of flour ; one half cup of milk ; a little soda ; the whites of 
four eggs, beaten to a froth, put in gently with the flour; one 
teaspoonlul of almond. Bake in a quick oven. 

GOLD CAKE. 

The same as the above, using the yolks of five eggs in place 
of the whites of four. 

JELLY CAKE. 

Three eggs beaten well ; add one cup of white sugar and 
one cup of flour. Stir these well together. Add one tea- 
spoonful of cream of tartar and one half teaspoonful of soda. 
Bake quickly, take out, and spread, with jelly while hot. Roll 
the cake up. When cold, cut from the ends. 

COUSIN EMMA'S FRUIT CAKE. 

One cup of butter ; one cup of brown sugar ; one of molas- 
ses ; one of sweet milk ; four eggs ; three and a half cups of 
flour ; one half teaspoonful of cream of tartar ; one of soda ; one 
nutmeg ; spices. 1 

COCOANUT CAKE. 

Whites of four eggs ; three cups sugar ; one cup butter ; one 
cup milk ; five cups flour ; one teaspoon soda ; two teaspoons 
cream tartar. 

DATE CAKE. 

Two cups sugar; one cup molasses; one half cup butter; 
one cup milk; three eggs; two pounds of dates, stoned and 
chopped, not too fine ; one teaspoon cloves ; one nutmeg ; flour 
to make it the usual thickness. 



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TEA CAKE. 

One half cup of sugar ; a piece of butter the size of an egg ; 
one and a half cups of milk ; one half teaspoonful of soda, and 
one of cream tartar, three cups of flour. 

TIP-TOP CAKE. 

Two eggs ; one and a half cups of sugar ; one half cup of but- 
ter; one cup of milk ; two and a half cups of flour ; one tea- 
spoonful of cream of tartar ; one half of soda. 

ROSE'S CAKE. 

One cup of butter ; two cups of sugar ; four cups of flour ; 
four eggs ; one cup of milk ; two teaspoonfuls of cream of tar 
tar ; one of soda. 

RAISED CAKE. 

One cup of yeast ; two cups of sugar ; one cup of butter ; one 
cup of milk ; one teaspoonful of soda ; five and a half cups of 
flour ; fruit and spice Raise, one hour. 

HARRISON CAKE. 

One cup of butter ; one cup of sugar ; one cup of molasses ; 
one cup of milk ; one cup of raisins ; one egg ; one teaspoon- 
ful of soda ; spices. 

LEOPARD CAKE. 

1st. Whites of three eggs ; one cup of sugar; two cups of 
flour ; one half cup of butter ; one tablespoonful of milk ; one 
fourth teaspoonful of soda. 2d. Yolks of three eggs ; one 
half cup of sugar; one half cup of molasses ; two cups of 
flour ; one half cup of butter ; one teaspoonful of soda ; cin- 
namon, cloves, and nutmeg ; one pound currants ; one-half 
pound of citron. Put all in one pan and bake. 

ROLL JELLY CAKE. 

MRS. U. L. PETTENGILL. 

Two eggs ; one cup of sugar ; one and one half cups of flour ; 
three tablespoonfuls of sweet milk ; two teaspoonfuls of cream 
of tartar ; one teaspoonful of soda. By putting in one half cup 
of butter and one half cup of milk it makes a nice pile jelly 
cake. 

MRS. PARINGTON'S FRUIT CAKE. 

Two eggs ; one cup of sugar ; one half cup of molasses ; 
one half cup of butter ; three cups of flour ; teaspoon of all 
kinds of spice ; two large spoons of milk ; one half pound of 
currants ; one teaspoon soda. 



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FRUIT CAKE. 

One cup butter ; one cup molasses; one cup brown sugar; 
one cup sweet milk ; three cups of flour; four eggs ; one half 
teaspoon soda; two pounds raisins chopped fine. Spice to 
taste. 

SALLIE'S SHERBET CAKE. 

One pound flour ; half pound butter ; three quarters pound 
sugar ; one cup milk ; one teaspoon soda ; one half cream tar- 
tar ; five eggs ; one half nutmeg. 

CHOCOLATE CAKE. 

MRS. H. M. NICHOLS. 

One half cup of butter ; one cup of sugar ; yolks ol three 
eggs ; white of one; two thirds cup of sweet milk ; two cups of 
flour ; one teaspoonful cream of tartar ; one half teaspoonful 
of soda. Bake in two tins. 

Frosting. — White of two eggs; one cup of powdered sugar ; 
three tablespoonfuls grated chocolate ; spread one cake, then 
lay the other on it, then spread the top of that. 

MRS. L 'S SPONGE CAKE. 

One cup sugar ; three eggs ; two tablespoons water ; heaping 
cup of flour ; one small teaspoon cream tartar ; one half small 
teaspoon soda; one half small teaspoon flavoring; little salt. 
Mix together. Stir steadily five minutes. Makes one loaf 

RAILROAD CAKE. 

One and one half cups flour ; one cup sugar ; three eggs ; two 
teaspoons of yeast powder ; four tablespoons of melted but- 
ter ; two tablespoons of milk. Mix all together at once 

SALLIE'S SILVER CAKE. 

One and one half cups sugar ; one half cup butter ; one half 
cup milk ; three cups flour ; one teaspoonful cream tartar ; one 
half teaspoonful soda ; the whites of four eggs. 

WHITE POUND CAKE. 

One cup sugar ; one half cup butter ; one and one half cups 
flour ; one half cup sweet milk ; whites of two eggs ; one tea- 
spoonful cream tartar ; one half teaspoonful soda. Bake about 
one hour. 

COCOANUT CAKE. 

One cup of sugar ; one cup of cocoanut ; two eggs ; one half 
cup butter; one half cup milk; two cups of flour; one tea- 
spoonful soda; two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar. 



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SPONGE CAKE. 

One cup of flour ; one cup sugar ; three eggs ; one table- 
spoonful of milk, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar ; one tea- 
spoonful of soda. Beat all together ten minutes. 

RUSK. 

Two eggs ; one cup of sugar ; six cups of flour; two cups of 
milk ; melted butter size of two eggs ; four teaspoonfuls of 
cream of tartar; two teaspoonfuls of saleratus. Bake in two 
pans. 



CREAMS. 



CHOCOLATE CUSTARDS. 

Make as you would for boiled custards. Put two teaspoon- 
fuls of grated chocolate into the milk, and boil. Keep the 
whites separate, and beat, with a little sugar, to a stiff" froth and 
put on top of the custards ; then on the froth put a little grape 
jelly. Pour the custards into glasses if possible, as they look 
so much handsomer. Be sure and heat the glasses hot before 
pouring in. 

APPLE FOAM. 

Pare and core six common-sized apples , steam them soft, 
and cool. Beat the whites of three eggs and one cup sugar 
with the apple, nearly an hour, till as light as possible ; stir 
into the yolks one half cup sugar, and add to one half pint 
scalding milk. Put the foam into a dish, and pour the custard 
on it. 

SOFT CUSTARD. 

One quart milk ; two eggs ; two tablespoonfuls corn starch ; 
one half cup sugar. Heat the milk by setting the pail in a ket- 
tle of boiling water ; moisten the starch with a little cold milk ; 
stir into the milk and sugar ; stir in the boiling milk five min- 
utes ; flavor with lemon. Beat the whites to a stiff froth for the 
top. A few pieces of any kind of jelly laid on the froth improves 
the dish. 

ROCK CREAM. 

This will be found to be a very ornamental, as well as a 
delicious, dish for a supper-table. Boil a teacupful of the best 
rice till quite soft in new milk, sweetened with powdered loaf 
sugar, and pile it upon a dish. Lay on it, in different places, 
square lumps of either currant jelly or preserved fruit of any 



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We would recommend Webb's Chocolate and Cocoa Preparations, as they 
are goods well known, and are manufactured from pure materials. We copy 
the following from one of our Boston papers : — 

[From the Banker and Tradesman, Boston, March 13, 1878.] 

CHOCOLATES. 



JOSIAH WEBB & CO. 

Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in 

J? repared. Cocool, JBrouict, CrctcPcecL Cocoa, 

48 CHATHAM STREET. 

" During the last year there has been considerable said by the leading papers 
in the different cities about the adulterations and impurities found in the ordi- 
nary articles of every-day food. If we mistake not, it was the New York 
World that started the crusade which went 011 to give facts and figures taken 
from the note-bjok of a reporter. Now, it has been our reporter's duty, for 
the last week, to mingle with and inspect some of the productions of our New 
England manufacturers, and we are satisfied that matters are not near so bad as 
has been represented. There are houses here that manufacture and grind ab- 
solutely pure goods, and all the trade has to do is to be sure and deal directly 
with such establishments. We happened in our rounds among the trades to 
drop into the house of Josiah Webb & Co., No. 48 Chatham Street, in our 
city, and here, at least, nothing in the shape of adulterated or bogus goods 
could be found Briefly speaking, this firm are manufacturers and dealers in 
pure chocolate, broma, prepared cocoa, cracked cocoa, cocoa paste, Caracas 
vanilla and sweet chocolates, and manufacture and deal also in spiced cocoa 
sticks and confectioner's pure chocolates. It has been the aim of this house, 
from the first, to furnish absolutely pure goods, and put them in packages, 
with such special brands, that the trade would come to know that such pack- 
ages always contained what they represented. These are all manufactured at 
their large factory, comprising three large buildings at Milton, Mass., and at 
this factory they have every facility for manufacturing large quantities of these 
goods each day, and they are consequently able to meet the largest demand 
made on them by the trade. Their trade is not confined to New England 
alone, for they send large quantities of their preparations to the Western 
States, having a commercial traveller in that part of the country. This house 
was founded in 1S43, by Josiah Webb, and the present firm consists of this 
gentleman and his son, Mr. J. S. Webb." 




These goods have taken the Highest Award at all the principal Fairs in the United States. 

MANUFACTURED BY 

JOSIAH WEBB & 00. - - - - MILTON, MASS. 

Boston Office, 48 CliatliHixi Street. 



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kind ; beat up the whites of five eggs to a stiff froth, with a 
little powdered sugar, and flavor with either orange-flower 
water or vanilla. Add to this, when beaten very stiff, about 
a tablespoonful of rich cream, and drop it over the rice, giving 
it the form of a rock of snow. 

LEMON CREAM. 

MRS. F. N. LAMBERT, 

One lemon grated with juice squeezed out ; two tablespoons 
of hot water ; four eggs ; four tablespoons sugar. Beat the 
yolks of eggs, add the sugar (beat those together), add then the 
juice and rind of lemon, and set on the stove, when it begins 
to thicken, stir in the whites of the eggs (beaten to a froth, with 
two tablespoons of sugar). Cook two or three minutes. 

SNOW ICE THAW. 

D. B. S. 

One half package of gelatine in a pint of boiling water, first 
soaking in a little cold water; when dissolved add the juice of 
two lemons, and a scant pint of sugar ; when cold, add the 
whites of two eggs, well beaten. Beat all thoroughly half an 
hour to a stiff froth. Put into moulds, and let it stand until 
next day. Make a soft custard of the yolks of three eggs, one 
whole egg, with one cup of sugar and one pint of milk. Beat 
up the whites of three eggs with fine sugar. Turn the gelatine 
into a glass dish, pour over it the soft custard, and pile the 
whites well beaten over the whole. Flavor the custard with 
lemon or vanilla. 

SPANISH CREAM. 

MRS. G. HART. 

Dissolve one third box of gelatine in a pint and a half of 
milk ; then add one cup of sugar ; the yolks of three eggs ; a 
little salt. Cook in a farina kettle five or six minutes ; when 
cool flavor with vanilla, and add the whites of the eggs well 
beaten. To be served cold. 

TAPIOCA CREAM. 

MRS. H. A. N. 

Four tablespoonfuls tapioca, soaked in warm water an hour 
and a half. Boil one quart of sweet milk*; add the yolks of 
four eggs, beaten with one and half cups of sugar, add this to 
the milk, together with the tapioca ; when cool flavor with lemon ; 
use the whites of eggs for the frosting, with three tablespoons 
of sugar, beaten to a stiff froth. Bake to a light brown. 



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PRESERVES AND JELLIES. 



TO PRESERVE APPLES. 

Weigh equal quantities of good brown sugar and of apples ; 
peel, core, and mince the apples small ; boil the sugar, allowing 
to every three pounds a pint of water. Skim it well, and boil 
it pretty thick. Then add the apples, the grated peel of one or 
two lemons, and two or three pieces of white ginger. Boil till 
the apples fall, and look clear and yellow. Apples prepared in 
this way will keep for years. 

APPLE PRESERVES. 

Pare* and core pleasant sour apples ; make a syrup of sugar 
and water to half cover them ; bake them till done ; serve with 
cream. 

PINEAPPLE PRESERVE. 

Pare and grate the pineapple. Take an equal quantity of 
fruit and sugar. Boil slowly one hour. 

PRESERVED PEARS. 

Take out stems and cores, and pare them. Boil in water till 
tender; do not break them in taking out. Make a syrup of a 
pound of sugar to a pound of fruit, and boil the fruit in the 
syrup till clear. 

PRESERVING GRAPES. 

The French preserve grapes all the year round by coating the 
clusters with lime. The bunches are picked just before they 
are thoroughly ripe, and dipped in Ume-water the consistency of 
thick cream. They are then hung up to remain. The lime 
coating keeps out the air, and checks any tendency to decay. 
When wanted for the table, dip the clusters in warm water to 
remove the lime, 

TO PRESERVE STRAWBERRIES. 

To two pounds of fine large strawberries, add two pounds of 
powdered sugar, and put them in a preserving kettle, over a 
slow fire, till the sugar is melted ; then boil them precisely 
twenty minutes as* fast as possible ; have ready a number of 
small jars, and put the fruit in boiling hot. Cork and seal the 
jars immediately, and keep them through the summer in a cold, 
dry cellar. The jars must be heated before the hot fruit is 
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TOMATO JAM. 

Take ripe tomatoes, peel and take out all the seeds ; put into 
a preserving kettle with one half pound sugar to each pound 
prepared tomato ; boil two lemons soft, and pound them fine. 
Take out the pips, and add to the tomato ; boil slowly, mash- 
ing to a smooth mass. When smooth and thick, put in jars or 
tumblers. 

RASPBERRY JAM. 

Allow a pound of sugar to one pound fruit. Boil the fruit 
half an hour ; strain one quarter of the fruit and throw away the 
seeds ; add the sugar, and boil the whole ten minutes. 

TO MAKE STRAWBERRY JAM. 

Weigh them after the stalks have been stripped from them, 
and boil them quickly in a brass preserving-pan for half an hour, 
stirring them during the whole time with a long wooden spoon, 
but be careful not to bruise them. If currants are plentiful, one 
pound of red currant juice to every four pounds of strawberries 
will be found a great improvement. To every pound of fruit 
add nine ounces of sifted white sugar ; mix this well with the 
boiled strawberries and currant juice when the pan is off the fire, 
and then boil up the preserve rapidly for about twenty minutes, 
or until a skin appears on the surface when it cools. Stir the 
preserve gently but quickly until it is cooked, and be careful to 
remove all the scum which the sugar throws up. Pour into 
clean, dry jars, and cover the tops with white papers. 

QUINCE MARMALADE No. 1. 

Pare, and remove all blemishes; allow a pound of sugar to a 
pound of fruit. They must boil longer than peaches. All mar- 
malade must be cooked until it mashes into a thick, smooth 
mass. 

QUINCE MARMALADE No. 2. 

Rub the quinces with a cloth ; cut them in quarters ; stew 
them in a little water till they are tender enough to rub through 
a sieve ; when strained put a pound of brown sugar to a pound 
of fruit ; set it on the fire and let it cook slowly till thick enough 
to cut smooth. 

PINEAPPLE MARMALADE. 

Peel and grate the pineapple; to every pint of grated pine- 
apple allow a pound of sugar. Put sugar and fruit together, and 
let it stand a few hours ; put it in a porcelain kettle ; boil, stir, 
and skim till it becomes thick ; when cool, put it in glass jars. 



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PEAR MARMALADE. 

A very excellent marmalade may be made with pears, to use 
in making tartlets. Boil six good-sixed pears to a pulp ; weigh 
them ; take half their weight of sugar, put it into a saucepan 
with a very little water; boil it and skim it while boiling. When 
boiled to a crack, add the pulp of the pears, and give it a boil ; 
and add about four drops of essence of cloves ; when it is cold 
it is ready for use. 

ARTIFICIAL HONEY. 

Common sugar, four pounds ; water, one pint ; mix and boil. 
While boiling, skim carefully ; then, before taking from the fire, 
add one quarter of an ounce of pulverized alum. Remove from 
the fire, and while cooling stir in half an ounce of cream of tar- 
tar and a tablespoonful of rose water. 

CURRANT JELLY WITHOUT COOKING. 

Press the juice from the currants, and strain it ; to every pint 
put a pound of fine white sugar ; mix them together until the 
sugar is dissolved ; then put it in jars, seal them, and expose 
them to a hot sun for two or three days. 

CRANBERRY JELLY. 

# To one quart of cranberries put a quart of water, and boil 
them to a pulp; mash them with a wooden ladle whilst boiling ; 
then strain them, and to each pint of the juice add half a pound 
of loaf sugar; set it over a slow fire, and stir with a silver 
spoon ; try it often, by taking some of it in a saucer. When 
cold, if it is not a fine jelly, continue to boil until it is so. 

SAGO JELLY. 

Take a teacup of sago, and boil in three pints and a half of 
water ; when cold add half a pint of raspberry syrup ; pour the 
whole into a shape which has been rinsed in cold water, and let 
it stand until sufficiently set to turn out well. When dished, 
pour a little cream around it, if preferred. 

HARLEQUIN JELLY. 

This pretty dish is produced in the following manner : Wash 
a jelly mould with white of egg, melt a little currant jelly and 
pour into it; let it cool ; when cold, melt some plum jelly and 
pour in ; let this cool ; melt crab-apple jelly, and so on, in lay- 
ers of various colors, till the mould is full. Care must be taken 
that the jellies are only warm enough to run, as, if they are hot, 
they will mix, and so spoil the effect. High colored jellies and 
cream blanc mange, moulded in layers in the same way, make 
a beautiful harlequin. Turn out when cold and stiff. 



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APPLE JELLY. 

Apples make an excellent jelly. The process is as follows : 
They are pared, quartered, and the core completely removed, 
and put into a pot without water, closely covered, and put into 
an oven or over a fire. When pretty well stewed, the juice is 
to be squeezed out through a cloth, to which a little white of an 
egg is added, and then the sugar. Skim it previous to boiling, 
then reduce it to a proper consistency, and an excellent jelly 
will be the product. 

TO MAKE APPLE JELLY. 

Take your apples, wash, and cut them into halves, to be sure 
that there are no worms in them ; place them in a brass or 
porcelain kettle, without removing the seeds or rinds ; cover 
them with water, and let them boil till perfectly soft ; then take 
them off, strain them through a coarse towel, and put the juice 
back into the kettle ; let it boil to the consistency of molasses ; 
then for every gallon of syrup add two pounds of sugar and an 
ounce of cinnamon ; bring it to boil, skim it, and it is done. 

SALLIE'S GRAPE JELLY. 

Boil green grapes in cold water till tender ; take them out and 
strain them; rub through a sieve ; add their weight in sugar, and 
boil fifteen minutes. Set in proper dishes to cool. 

CRANBERRY JELLY. 

One quart cranberries, one pint water, one pint sugar ; put 
all into a kettle together, and boil half an hour without stirring ; 
then turn off the juice for jelly, and the remainder will make a 
nice sauce. Or strain the whole through a sieve, and it will 
make a stiff jelly. 

STRAWBERRY JELLY. 

Press the juice from the fruit through a cloth, strain it 
clear, weigh, and stir to it an equal proportion of the finest sugar 
dried and reduced to powder • when this is dissolved, place the 
preserving-pan over a very clear fire, and stir the jelly often until 
it boils ; clear it carefully from scum, and boil it quickly from 
fifteen to twenty-five minutes. This receipt is for a moderate 
quantity of the preserve ; a very small portion will require much 
less time- 

JELLY. 

One box of " Cox's Gelatine," the rind and juice of two lem- 
ons (no seeds), one pint of cold water. Let it stand over night, 
or several hours ; then add one quart of sugar and one quart 
of boiling water; stir till all is thoroughly dissolved; strain, 



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add lemon, pour it in your moulds, and place them in the refrige- 
rator. This makes two large moulds. It is superior to any 
you can buy. 

APPLE JELLY. 

Pare tart apples, and cut them up ; put to them a little water, 
and let them boil until it becomes glutinous and reduced ; then 
strain it ; put one pound of white sugar to each pint of juice ; 
flavor with lemon essence, and boil until it is a fine, clear jelly; 
then strain it into moulds. 

SALLIE'S CRAB-APPLE JELLY. 

Boil the apples in water enough to cover them, till very soft. 
Then turn the whole into a cloth and strain it ; measure the 
juice, and allow three fourths of a pound of sugar to a pint of 
juice. When the juice boils up, skim it thoroughly j heat the 
sugar in a dish in the oven, and add it as the syrup boils up, 
after being skimmed. Boil gently twenty or thirty minutes ; put 
in glasses ; when cool, lay a paper over the top, and paste a 
paper over it. 

PRESERVED CURRANTS TO EAT WITH MEAT. 

Strip them from the stem. Boil them one hour. Add a pound 
of sugar to one pound of fruit. Boil all together twenty min- 
utes. 



CANDIES. 



CHOCOLATE CARAMEL. 

One cup molasses ; one half cup sugar ; one square of choco- 
late ; dessert-spoonful of butter ; one teaspoonful of vinegar. 
Boil until it grows brittle. 

CHOCOLATE DROPS. 

MRS. S. D. 

One cup water ; two cups sugar ; a pinch of cream of tartar. 
Boil ten or fifteen minutes ; beat it to a cream. Let it cool a 
little, and roll up into balls (any size you please) ; then place 
them on thick paper, to cool a little more. Melt one fourth 
pound chocolate, and dip the balls in while hot. Then place 
on paper to cool. 

KISSES. 

MRS. STONE. 

Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth; add the juice 
of one lemon, or some prefer rose-water. Roll and sift one 



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Ladifs, if you are desirous of making a good cup of plain Chocolate or 
Chocolate Cake or Frosting, use 



WEBB'S PREMIUM CHOCOLATE. 



Care should be taken to have the Chocolate thoroughly melted when used 
for cake or frosting, but for drinking or for caramels place the Chocolate in as 
large pieces as possible, and let it dissolve ; in this way you will have no par- 
ticles in your caramels, or settlings in your Chocolate cup. 



The House of JOSIAH WEBB & CO.. manufacturers of Premium 
Chocolate, Cocoa and Broma, has a standard reputation throughout the 
United States. 

It dates back to 1843, an d is therefore one of the very oldest in the business 
in this country. The various preparations of this firm have a place in nearly 
every household, and their quality can always be found strictly reliable in 
every particular. 

State Assayer Hayls says of their goods: "By chemical analysis, in 
comparison with the nut as imported, I ascertained their entire purity." Now 
is the particular season when these delicious preparations of the Messrs, 
Webb should be upon every table. Their nutritive as well as palatable 
qualities have long been known, being adapted alike to those in health as well 
as to the invalid These goods are freshly put up at the Factory in Milton, 
Mass.* and are to be found at all the first-class grocery stores. 



ISTo. 4=8 Cliatliam Street, 




The BOSTON Office is at 



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half pound of the whitest loaf sugar, and beat with the eggs. 
Drop one tablespoonful of the mixture on white paper ; have 
the oven moderately hot. When the top is hard, take them out, 
and dip the lower side in a solution of gum arabic, and join to 
another, forming kisses. 

MRS. STEARNS' CHOCOLATE CREAMS. 

Two cups sugar ; one half cup water. Dissolve thoroughly ; 
then boil rive minutes. Take off, and put }Our pan in cold 
water, and stir until quite hard, when they will be cream white. 
Dissolve chocolate (plain) over the teakettle, then dip the balls 
already made into the chocolate. Extra nice. 

COCOANUT CREAM CANDY. 

Three cups sugar ; enough water to dissolve it ; a pinch of 
cream tartar. Boil ten minutes. When nearly cooked, add one 
cup of cocoanut, cut fine. Then beat to a cream, and spread 
on white paper or stiff yellow paper. 

CHOCOLATE TAFFY. 

Two teacups of molasses ; one teacup grated chocolate ; one 
teacup sugar ; one half teacup milk ; piece of butter the size of 
an egg. Boil slowly. 

HOME-MADE MOLASSES CANDY. 

It is often asked, <k Why can't we make our candy as good as 
the old-fashioned candy ? " The whole secret is, to use plenty 
of butter, a little soda, and not over-boil it ; keep trying it by 
dropping into a tumbler of cold water. When it drops hard, so 
you can pick it up. take off the kettle ; it is done. Then pull 
what you want to eat, and the next day place the remainder at 
the register and pull that. It is as good as new, then, the sec- 
ond day. 

WALNUT CANDY. 

MRS. DON. 

Two cups white sugar ; one of water ; boil thick enough for 
candy. Turn into a dish, and stir until cool. Take one half 
of the meat of an English walnut ; put on the candy while- 
warm. Then place on the other half of the meat, and press 
them together. Let them stand to cool. 

BUTTER CARAMEL. 

MISS BOGLE. 

Two cups sugar ; one half cup butter ; one half cup .vinegar ; 
three tablespoons of molasses. Boil slow r ly. 



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CHOCOLATE PUFFS. 

White of one egg ; one cup of powdered sugar; one and a 
half ounces chocolate, grated fine. Drop on a tin ; sprinkle 
sugar on top. 

ICE CREAM CANDY. 

MISS KATE BOGLE. 

Two cups sugar ; one cup water ; one half cup vinegar. Boil 
without stirring, twenty minutes ; when nearly done, put in fla- 
voring ; when cool sufficiently, pull until white. 



PICKLES. 



TO PICKLE PLUMS LIKE OLIVES. 

Make a pickle of vinegar, mustard seed, and a little salt; 
heat it boiling hot, and pour over green plums before they be- 
gin to turn or ripen ; let them remain one night, then drain off* 
the vinegar, heat it again and pour over the plums. Plums may 
be gathered before the stone is formed, and pickled the same 
way. 

LULU'S SWEET PICKLE. ■ 

Seven pounds tomatoes ; three pounds sugar ; one ounce 
cloves ; one ounce cinnamon ; three pints vinegar. Scald the 
vinegar, sugar, and spice together ; turn over the whole toma- 
toes, then let it stand until next morning then repeat the same. 
On the third morning, scald all together. When cold, put in 
jars and take from when wanted, the same as pickles. 

SPICED CURRANTS No. 1. 

Five pounds currants ; four pounds sugar ; one pint vinegar , 
two teaspoons cloves ; two teaspoons cinnamon. Boil two 
hours. Eaten with meat. 

SPICED CURRANTS No. 2. 

One peck stemmed currants ; seven pounds brown sugar ; 
three pints sharp cider vinegar ; one tablespoon ground cinna- 
mon ; one tablespoon allspice ; one tablespoon cloves. Cook 
three hours slowly, put in wide-mouthed bottles and cork well. 

PEACH PICKLES. 

Take ripe clingstone peaches, remove the down from them 
with a stiff brush. To a gallon of good, hot vinegar, add four 
pounds brown sugar ; boil and skim it till clear. Stick five or 



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six whole cloves into each peach, pour the vinegar hot over 
them, cover the vessel, and set in a cool place for eight or ten 
days, then drain off the vinegar, boil and skim it again, and 
pour hot a second time over the peaches. When they are cold, 
pur them into jars for use. Freestone peaches will do as well 
as the clingstone variety. 

CHILI SAUCE. 

Ten ripe, tomatoes, peeled ; three onions, chopped fine ; six 
green peppers, chopped ; one quart vinegar ; one tablespoon 
salt ; one tablespoon sugar. Boil one and one half hours. 

SWEET SPICED CRAB- APPLE. 

MRS. F. N. L. 

Select the largest and best for this ; it makes no difference 
in the jelly. First, cut out the blows. One pint vinegar; one 
half pint water ; five pounds sugar ; one tablespoon cloves 
(whole); one tablespoon cinnamon (whole); one tablespoon 
allspice (whole); one half teacup mustard seeds. Put the 
apples in, a few at a time, and skim out as soon as soft, and put 
in the jar. Turn the syrup over them when all in the jar. For 
one peck of apples. 

SPICED GOOSEBERRIES. 

MRS. SARGENT. 

Five pounds gooseberries ; four pounds sugar ; two table- 
spoonfuls clove ; two tablespoons cinnamon ; one pint vinegar. 
Boil three quarters of an hour. 

SPICED GRAPES. 

Five pounds grapes ; three pounds sugar ; two teaspoons cin- 
namon and allspice ; one half teaspoon cloves. Pulp the grapes, 
boil skins until tender, cook pulp and strain out seeds. Add 
to the pulp, skins, sugar, spices, one ptnt vinegar. Boil thor- 
oughly. 

SPICED GREEN TOMATOES. 

Take large green tomatoes, cut them in slices half an inch 
thick. To six pounds take a pint of vinegar ; three pounds of 
brown sugar ; one ounce of cinnamon, half an ounce of cloves ; 
a tablespoonful of powdered ginger. Tie the ginger in a bit of 
thin muslin, put it in a quart of hot water, and let the sliced 
tomatoes boil in this till about half cooked. Drain them and 
let them cool. Put the vinegar, sugar, and spices in a preserv- 
ing kettle over a moderate fire ; when it boils add the tomatoes, 
and let them boil slowly till well cooked. Put them cold into 



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the jars, with the syrup (also cold), having boiled it to a suffi- 
cient thickness. 

TOMATO CATSUP. 

One gallon of tomatoes (after being peeled, boiled, and 
strained), one pint vinegar; nine tablespoons salt ; three table- 
spoons of black pepper; three tablespoons of mustard seed, 
ground fine ; one teaspoon of Cayenne pepper ; one half tea- 
spoon of cloves, and the same of allspice. 

MRS. McCOY'S PICCALILLI. ' 

One peck tomatoes ; six peppers ; three onions chopped not 
very fine ; add one cup salt : let this compound stand through 
the night. Drain in the morning. Add one cup of sugar ; 
two teaspoonfuls of ground cloves ; two cinnamon ; two white 
mustard seed ; and a little mace. Put spices in a bag. Add 
three quarts cider vinegar. Boil until soft. 

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PRESERVES. 



A NICE DISH OF APPLES FOR TEA. 

Take good tart apples ; pare and core them whole, and steam 
them until perfectly soft ; when done, prepare some cream and 
sugar, flavored with lemon extract, and pour over them. To be 
eaten while warm. 

STEWED PEARS. - (Nice.) 

If small and ripe, cut out the blossom end without paring or 
coring. Put into a saucepan with water enough to cover them, 
and stew until tender ; add one half cup sugar for every quart 
of pears, and stew all together ten minutes ; take out the pears 
and lay them in a covered bowl to keep warm ; add to the syrup 
a little ginger or a few cloves ; boil fifteen minutes longer, and 
pour over the fruit hot. 

TO PRESERVE CURRANTS. 

To ten pounds currants, seven pounds sugar, take the stems 
from seven pounds currants, and press the juice from the other 
three pounds. When the sugar is made into a hot syrup, put 
in currants and boil until thick and rich. 

PRESERVED QUINCES. 

Pare, quarter, and core them, saving skins and cores. Put 
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and simmer till soft, but do not let them cook till they break. 
Take out the fruit and spread on dishes to cool ; add the par- 
ings and cores to the water in which the quinces were boiled, 
and stew it an hour ; then strain through a jelly-bag, and to each 
pint of this liquor allow a pound of sugar. Boil and skim this, 
then put in the fruit, and boil fifteen minutes. Take all off the 
fire, and let it stand in a deep dish twenty-four hours. Then 
drain off the syrup and let it boil, put in the quinces and boil 
fifteen minutes. Take out the fruit again and spread on dishes ; 
boil the syrup down to a jelly nearly. Put the fruit into jars 
two thirds full, and cover with the syrup. The quinces will be 
a fine deep-red color. 

RIPE TOMATO PRESERVE. 

Seven pounds round yellow tomatoes, peeled ; seven pounds 
sugar, and juice of three lemons ; let them stand together over 
night. Drain off the syrup and boil it, skimming well ; then 
put in the tomatoes and boil gently twenty minutes. Take out 
the fruit with a skimmer, and spread on dishes. Boil the syrup 
down till it thickens, adding, just before you fake it off the fire, 
the juice of the lemons. Put the fruit into jars, and fill up with 
the hot syrup. When cold, seal up. 

SWEET APPLES. 

Many are ignorant of the proper method of cooking sweet 
apples. Some kinds may be baked whole ; but only a few 
varieties will answer for this purpose, while such as are only 
moderately good maybe rendered delicious, if rightly prepared. 
Cut them into quarters, lay the cut sides up in a stew-pan, 
sprinkle sugar on them, pour in water enough to keep them 
from burning before they begin to cook, and let them stand 
upon the stove until they are soft, but not all a mush. If they 
have thick skins, pare them before quartering ; otherwise, cook 
them with the skins on. When cold, they are toothsome, if 
eaten with cream or in milk. — Providence Journal. 

STRAWBERRY PRESERVE. 

One pound sugar to each pound fruit ; to each pound sugar 
allow a teacup of water. Put this into a kettle over a gentle 
fire, and stir till dissolved. When boiling hot, put in your ber- 
ries. Let them cook gently till you find, by cutting open a 
berry, that it has the same color all through ■ then they are 
done. Take them out with a skimmer, and spread on flat dishes 
to cool ; boil the syrup until quite thick. Put your fruit into 
jars, and pour the syrup when nearly cold over it. Some think 
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TO CAN PEACHES, PEARS, AND APRICOTS. 

As you peel, halve, and seed them, drop them into cold water 
to prevent discoloration. Prepare your syrup in the pioportion 
of one pound of white sugar to a quart of water ; place your 
syrup on the fire, let it boil five minutes, then put in your fruit. 
Let it remain in the hot syrup until it is thoroughly heated 
through, then fill your pans with the hot fruit ; then pour on the 
syrup. Screw them up immediately, each one as vou fill, as 
firmly as you can with the hands, and as they cool off apply the 
wrench. This we call a very simple process. We have fol- 
lowed the above receipt for years, and have never lost a jar. 
We use the glass jar with a japanned cover, and a rubber ling 
around its edge. Great care is necessary to can fruit with neat- 
ness and success. To be successful, a careful observance of 
the fjllowing rules is all that is required : i. The fruit used 
should be fresh and perfectly sound, and free from spot or 
blemish 2. Be sure your fruit is heated through and through. 
3. Have your jars filled with hot water to warm them ; pour out 
the water, and dip the boiling fruit rapidly into the jar, until 
brimful. Then pour on the hot syrup. Screw up immediately, 
and the work is done. 

WATERMELON PRESERVES. 

Cut a watermelon in two, take out all the soft inside, leaving 
only the firm white rind. Scrape off the green outside, and cut 
into any fancy shape you choose, hearts, squares, crescents, or 
the like. Boil these bits in water enough to cover them, with 
fresh lemon-skins to color them yellow. When the pieces are 
tender, take them out in dishes to cool. Make a syrup of a 
pound of sugar and teacup of water to each pound of melon. 
When the sugar is dissolved and hot, put in the melon, and let 
them boil till clear. Put in slices of lemon to flavor. When 
the melon looks transparent, take out with a skimmer, and boil 
the syrup down till thick ; then pour over the fruit previously 
put into jars. 

SALADS. 



SALAD DRESSING. 

Two hard-boiled eggs ; two tablespoonfuls olive oil ; one 
teaspoonful salt ; one do. white sugar ; one teaspoonful mus- 
tard ; one teaspoonful white pepper ; four tablespoonfuls vine- 
gar, or more as required ; rub the yolks to a powder, and add 
the mixture ; thin with vinegar, and put in a cream jug, and 
pour over as you wish at the table. 



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SALAD DRESSING. 

One large bottle of oil ; three raw yolks of eggs ; one tea" 
spoonful salt ; half a teaspoonful dry mustard ; a pinch of cayenne 
pepper ; two tablespoonfuls sharp vinegar ; take a small round 
deep dish or bowl ; first add salt, mustard, and pepper; bruise 
down with a wooden spoon to take out all the lumps ; add one 
teaspoonful cold water ; mix well ; add about two or three 
tablespoonsfuls oil by degrees, stirring all the time ; then a few 
drops of vinegar, then the eggs, the oil by degrees ;as it thickens 
add a few drops of vinegar ; about half of the vinegar at last ; 
more vinegar or water if too thick. 

SALAD DRESSING OP RAW EGG. 

Take the yolks of two eggs ; mix with half teaspoon of mus- 
tard ; stir in two tablespoons of vinegar, and then gradually mix 
in sweet olive oil according to taste. The more oil that is 
added, the stiffer the dressing. Put in the oil very slowly, and 
stir rapidly, always the same way. Add the salt last, as it will 
sometimes curdle the dressing if put in with the other ingre- 
dients. 

LOBSTER SALAD. 

Cut very small the meat of one good-sized lobster. Put it in 
a salad dish, reserving the coral for ornamenting the salad. 
Make a dressing as follows : Beat the yolks of two raw eggs 
with the yolks of two eggs boiled hard, and mashed fine as 
possible ; add gradually a tablespoonful of made mustard ; 
three of the best of salad oil ; a little salt and pepper ; vinegar 
to your taste ; beat the mixture a long time ; use more or less 
oil as you prefer ; increase the quantity of dressing as you may 
find necessary, according to the size of the lobster. Some do 
not like as much mustard. Just before serving take one or 
two heads of lettuce, which have been on the ice several hours, 
and cut up very small the crisp inside leaves only ; put them 
over the lobster meat in the salad dish, just pouring over the 
lobster some of the dressing ; turn the remainder of the dress- 
ing over the salad, garnish with the coral ; cut fine the whites of 
the two boiled eggs ; cut in rings and two others boiled hard 
and sliced. The salad is then ready. 

CHICKEN SALAD. 

Two or three hard-boiled eggs ; mash the }'olks with one 
tablespoonful mixed mustard ; one teaspoon salt ; two table- 
spoonfuls oil or cream ; a little black pepper ; chop whites of 
eggs with chicken and celery. This for one chicken. 

A GOOD SALAD. 

A correspondent of The Garde7ier's Chronicle says : " Here 
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and cheese : Take a tomato, not over-ripe, and cut it into 
slices, as you would a cucumber ; take a small onion, and cut 
it up as fine as you can ; sprinkle it over the tomato slices, 
add salt, pepper, and vinegar at discretion, and you will have a 
salad which, as a relish, puts the cucumber to shame. 

OHIO HOT SLAW. 

To one quart of finely sliced or chopped cabbage, add a pint 
of water, and cook till done through or thoroughly as you pre- 
fer. Drain off all the water, and pour over the cabbage the 
following mixture, well stirred : one half cup milk ; one half 
cup vinegar ; tablespoon scant full of sugar ; butter size small 
egg ; two eggs ; pepper and salt to taste. Thoroughly stir all 
together, letting it boil but a moment or two. It is equally 
good eaten hot or cold. 



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COFFEE. 

The browned coffee of the shops should always be browned 
over, thus throwing off the grocery taint which it has acquired 
by exposure to the foul air, being a powerful absorbment or dis- 
infectant. The heating, which should make it a shade darker 
(the coffee of commerce will bear it), will also develop strength. 
By all means brown over your coffee, and keep in a well-corked 
bottle or jar, or what is better, brown as you want to use, 
thus having it fresh and strong and better flavored. 

WHOLESOME SUMMER DRINK. 

Boil four ounces crushed sarsaparilla root in four quarts of 
water, two hours hard ; strain it. Add to the liquor eight pounds 
of granulated sugar. Boil fifteen minutes ; when cold add two 
ounces essence of sarsaparilla ; add four ounces tartaric acid. 
Can drink as soon as made, or will keep. Take a glass of 
water, tablespoon of the syrup ; add a teaspoon carbonate soda 
to foam. 

RECIPE FOR MAKING COFFEE FROM "I GO A 
FISHING." 

Get the best roasted brown coffee ; break an egg in it ; pour 
on three half pints cold water ; set it on the fire. No matter 
whether tin pan or coffee pot, don't let it boil three seconds, the 
instant it foams up your coffee is ready. Strain through a cloth 
strainer. To a quarter cup of coffee add three quarters hot 
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EFFERVESCING LEMONADE. 

Boil two pounds of white sugar with a pint of lemon juice, 
bottle and cork. Put a tablespoonful of the syrup into a tum- 
bler about three parts full of cold water ; add twenty grains of 
carbonate of soda, and drink quickly. 

A PLEASANT SUMMER DRINK. 

Take two ounces of tartaric acid to two pounds of white 
sugar, the juice of half a lemon, and three pints of water ; boil 
together five minutes ; when cold add the whites of three eggs, 
well beaten, with half a cup of flour and half an ounce of essence 
of wintergreen ; bottle, and keep in a cool place. Take two 
tablespoonfuls of this syrup for a tumbler of water and one 
quarter of a teaspoonful of soda. 

COMMUNION WINE. 

One quart of grape jelly ; two and one half quarts of boiling 
water. Stir well. Let it stand over night, then strain, ready for 
use. 



A MOST IMPORTANT RECIPE. 

Every family is supposed to have a sewing machine of some 
make, and they often have trouble in running them. This 
often arises from improper care and neglect with regard to 
cleaning and oiling them as required. When done stitching 
thoroughly wipe off your machine and always oil before com- 
mencing its use again. Use nothing but the best oil. Kero- 
sene should be used occasionally to cleanse the joints and pre- 
vent the sperm oil from gumming. Buy your machines from 
the principal offices, where you are sure of getting a new 
machine, and not one that has been made over. The Howe 
Machine " is the oldest and most reliable for perfect stitching. 
It has been greatly improved so as to run very lightly and will 
be found perfect in every part. It is undoubtedly the most reli- 
able family sewing machine in the market. 

New England Office, 
344 Washington Street, Boston, above Old South, 

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SANITARIUM. 



THE VALUE OF LEMONS. 

A correspondent of the London Lancet says : " Few people 
know the value of lemon juice. A piece of lemon bound upon 
a corn will cure it in a few days. It should be renewed night 
and morning. A free use of lemon juice and sugar will always 
relieve a cough. Most people feel poorly in the spring and 
take medicine for relief, but if they would eat a lemon before 
breakfast every day for a week, with or without sugar, as they 
like, they would find it better than any other medicine. Lemon 
juice, used according to this receipt, will cure consumption, 
even after the doctors had given it up as not to be benefited : 
Put a dozen lemons into cold water, and slowly bring to a boil ; 
boil slowly until the lemons are soft, but not too soft, then 
squeeze until all the juice is extracted, and sugar to your taste 
and drink. In this way use one dozen lemons a day. If they 
cause pain or loosen the bowels too much, lessen the quantity, 
and use only five or six a day until you are better, and then 
begin with a dozen a day. After using five or six dozen, the 
patient will begin to gain flesh and enjoy food. Hold on to the 
lemons, and still use them very freely several weeks more. 
Another use of lemons is for a refreshing drink in summer, or 
in sickness at anytime. Prepare as directed above, and add 
water and sugar. But in order to have this keep well, after 
boiling the lemons, squeeze and strain carefully; then to every 
half pint of juice add one pound of loaf or crushed sugar, boil 
and stir a few minutes more until the sugar is dissolved, skim 
and bottle. You will get more juice from the lemons by boiling 
them, and the preparation keeps better." 

SORE EYES. 

Dissolve sixteen grains of acetate of zinc in half a pint of 
soft water (rose water is best), and apply it to the eyes several 
times a day. 

CURE FOR SCARLET FEVER. 

An eminent physician of Chicago says he cures ninety-nine 
out of every one hundred cases of scarlet fever, by giving the 
patient warm lemonade with gum arabic dissolved in it. A 
cloth wrung out in hot water and laid upon the stomach should 
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CURE FOR SMALL-POX. 

" I am willing to risk my reputation as a public man," wrote 
Edward Hyne to the Liverpool Mercury, " if the worst case of 
small-pox cannot be cured in three days, simply by the use of 
cream of tartar. One ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in a 
pint of water, drank at intervals when cold, is a certain, never- 
failing remedy. It has cured thousands, never leaves a mark, 
never causes blindness, and avoids tedious lingering." 

TO CURE A FELON. 

Soon as the pain commences, apply zinc of lobelia on a rag ; 
keep the finger saturated till cured ; or, if too far gone, use a 
Spanish -fly blister. 

NEURALGIA. 

One who has tried it recommends the following recipe for 
neuralgia : An ounce and a half of gum guaiacum dissolved in 
half a pint of alcohol. Take one teaspoonful three times a day 
before meals. Another remedy is two teaspoonfuls of magnesia 
and charcoal mixed together in a little water, and taken night 
and morning. Usually two doses will effect a cure. 

CARBOLIC ACID. 

That great disinfectant, carbolic acid, should be on hand in 
every household, and if bought by the gallon or quart, it is 
cheap ; if bought in vials, it is dear. An objection hitherto has 
been its unpleasant odor, but this was on account of its strength. 
Solutions will kill the eggs of all kinds of vermin, will destroy 
ants in the hill, and annihilate the germs of diseases and 
plagues in stables and out-houses, but a general cleaning out 
is required in connection. All drains, sinks, and pipes convey- 
ing water should have a sprinkling. 

TWO USEFUL SUGGESTIONS. 

The following suggestion, given in Scribners Magazine, is 
worthy the consideration of parents : — 

Nervousness with a child is almost always a matter of the 
stomach. A crust of bread will usually put an end to the most 
obstinate perverseness. Children, for this reason, should 
never be allowed to go to bed, after a fit of crying, with an 
empty stomach. A bit of bread and jelly or a cup of custard 
will bring back smiles and happiness when all the moral law 
fails, and for the soundest of reasons. 

Many very good people are troubled by sleepiness in church. 
The following remedy is recommended : Lift the foot seven 
inches from the floor, and hold it in suspense without support 
for the limb, and repeat the remedy if the attack returns. 



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CHLORIDE OF LEAD AS A DISINFECTANT. 

The London Lancet directs attention to the value of chloride 
of lead as a deodorizer. The manner of its use is to dissolve 
half a drachm of the nitrate in a pint of boiling water, and pour 
this solution into a bucket of water in which two drachms of 
sodic chloride (common salt) have been dissolved. After 
chemical action has taken place, the clear, supernatant liquid 
is an odorless, saturated solution of chloride of lead. If this 
solution be thrown into a sink or vault from time to time, the 
disagreeable odors will soon be destroyed. 

LIME-WATER FOR WASP STINGS. 

Dr. Danverne writes to a French journal that some time ago 
he was stung on the head and face by a number of wasps. The 
pain was great, and he had no ammonia on hand, nor was there 
a druggist near by. Recollecting the fact that lime-water was 
good for burns, it occurred to him to try it for the relief of the 
burning sensation produced by the stings. It answered the 
purpose perfectly, and he has since advised its use in some 
twenty cases of wasp stings, and it has always caused an in- 
stant cessation of the pain. The remedy is a simple one, and 
worth making a note of. 

CHLORAL IN WHOOPING- COUGH. 

Dr. Mulligan, in the Practitioner, says of the treatment of 
whooping cougii : Early in the present year I saw five cases of 
this disease in one house, the ages of the patients varying from 
eighteen months to ten years. All were uncomplicated ; the 
characteristic cough was well marked, attended with a consid- 
erable discharge of thick, glairy mucus. In the oldest the 
spasms were violent, and in three cases the paroxysms termi- 
nated in vomiting. Belladonna and bromide of potassium were 
administered without benefit. Gave chloral hydrate in one to 
five grains, three times daily, with marked benefit Seven 
other cases have been treated successfully since in the same 
way. The decided effect from this drug on reflux irritability is 
likely to result in much good from its use in this disease. 

CURE FOR BURNS. 

Comte de la Tour du Pu says that a pretty strong solution of 
ammonia in water is an excellent remedy for barns in cases 
where the skin is not destroyed. Having by accident taken 
hold of a crucible which was nearly red hot, he plunged his 
hand into some ammoniaca water, and kept it some hours 
afterwards covered with a piece of linen soaked in the same ; 
the pain was allayed almost immediately, and no blisters of 
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MURIATIC ACID. 

A horse trod upon a nail which entered his foot. Lameness 
followed, the nail was extracted, but lockjaw supervened, 
resulting in death. An unfailing remedy in such cases is mu- 
riatic acid. If, when a nail is withdrawn from a horse's foot, 
the foot should be held up and some muriatic acid be poured 
into the wound, neither lameness nor lockjaw need be feared. — 
Rod and Gun. 

CURE FOR SEA-SICKNESS. 

The London correspondent of the Liverpool Daily Post states 
that the homceopathists have discovered a certain remedy for 
sea-sickness. It is apomorphia, and a very small dose of it, 
taken once an hour in water, will remove the qualms. They are 
so certain of its success that they are going to procure a gratui- 
tous circulation of it among vessels that carry passengers. It 
is also useful for beasts, whose sufferings are often extreme. 

CLEANLINESS. 

Cleanliness is a virtue not appreciated. Bathe often the 
whole body. It conduces to health, comfort, and happiness, 
and whoever neglects it is not only careless, but in a sense he is 
wicked, neglecting his bodily health and trifling with life. 

LOSING THE VOICE. 

When the voice is lost, as is sometimes the case, from the 
effects of cold, a simple, pleasant remedy is furnished by beating 
up the white of an egg, adding to it the juice of one lemon, and 
sweetening with white sugar to the taste. Take a teaspoonful 
from time to time. • 

CURING A COLD. 

Ignorant people often think to break up a cold by the free 
use of spirits. It is a dangerous experiment, for if there is any 
degree of inflammation, which is most generally the case, strong 
liquor, in place of removing, will be sure to increase the trouble, 
and is very liable to induce inflammatory fever. 

CURE FOR TOOTHACHE. 

Dr. Dyce Duckworth, an English physician, contributes a 
short memorandum on this subject. He was called on lately to 
treat a case of very severe toothache, and tried various ordinary 
remedies, including chloroform and carbonic acid, without any 
benefit to the patient. He then remembered having read that 
the pain might be relieved by holding in the mouth a solution 
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an ounce of water, and t:> his astonishment, the pain ceased 
immediately, and complete relief was secured. He thinks that, 
as the remedy is so simple and the disease so distressing and 
often intractable, this treatment may be worthy of notice and 
imitation. 

SURE AND SIMPLE CURE FOR CROUP. 

Rub a lump of alum in the white of an egg till the albumen 
coagulates. Give part of teaspoonful every ten or fifteen min- 
utes, according to age of child, and violence of attack, till 
patient is relieved. An excessive dose will only produce vom- 
iting, which will do the child no harm. 

EXCELLENT AND AGREEABLE COUGH SYRUP. 

One half pound sugar • one half pound figs ; three lemons ; 
one gill water. Grate the lemon peel (the yellow part) \ 
throw away tough skin inside ; chop the rest and the figs 
together ; add sugar. Mix all thoroughly and scald slowly half 
an hour. Bottle, and it is ready for use. 

THE BRAIN. 

In the human being the average proportion of the brain to 
the spinal cord is twenty-three to one. The fcetal progress of 
the human brain is wonderful It first becomes a brain resem- 
bling that of a fish ; then it resembles that of a reptile ; then 
that of a bird ; then it grows into the form of that of a mam- 
mifeious quadruped, and finally it assumes the form in which 
we have it. The progress of the human brain, as thus devel- 
oped, comprises an epitome of geological history, as if man were 
a compendium and kindred of everything that lives. The aver- 
age proportion of the brain to the spinal cord in the fish is only 
two to one ; in the reptile, two and one half to one ; in the bird, 
three to one ; and in the mammalia, four to one. 

CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. 

A correspondent writes as follows about the power of a well- 
known plant : I have discovered a remedy lor pulmonary con- 
sumption. It has cured a number of cases after they had 
commenced bleeding at the lungs, and the hectic flush was 
already on the cheek. It is the common mullein, steeped strong, 
sweetened with coffee sugar and drank freely. The herbs should 
be gathered before the end of July, if convenient. They should 
be dried in the shade, and kept in clean paper bags The rem- 
edy must be continued from four to six months. It is good for 
blood-vessels, also. It strengthens the system, and builds up 
strength. It makes good blood, and takes inflammation from 
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the United States and Canada should publish this recipe for the 
benefit of the human family. — Chicago Ledger. 

CURE FOR A FELON. 

As soon as discovered, take some spirits of turpentine in a 
cup, dip the finger in it, and then hold the hand near a hot fire 
till dry ; then dip it in again, and repeat for fifteen minutes, or 
till the pain ceases. The next day with a sharp knife pare off 
the thick skin, and you will find something like a honeycomb 
filled with clear water ; open the cells and the felon is gone. If 
the felon is too far gone for turpentine, oil of origanum, treated 
in the same way, will cure. If too far advanced for either to 
cure, the felon will be benefited, as it will be less painful. 
Never draw it. 

KEEPING THE HANDS SMOOTH. 

A writer in the "American Grocer "says that glycerine is not 
used in the right way. To preserve the smoothness and soft- 
ness of the hands, you should keep a small bottle of glycerine 
near the place where you habitually wash them, and whenever 
you have finished washing them, and before wiping, put one or 
two drops of the glycerine on the palm, and rub the hands 
thoroughly with a towel. Household work and bad weather 
will not prevent your skin from being smooth and soft, if this 
plan of using glycerine is followed. 

HOW TO MAKE A CHEAP AND POWERFUL 
DISINFECTANT. 

Dissolve half a. drachm of nitrate of lead in a pint of boiling 
water ; now dissolve two drachms of common salt in a bucket 
of water ; when both are dissolved, pour the two mixtures 
together, and when the sediment has settled you have a pailful 
of clear fluid, which is a saturated solution of the chloride of 
lead. A cloth saturated with the liquid and hung up in a room 
will at once sweeten a fetid atmosphere Poured down a sink, 
water-closet, or drain, or on any decaying mass, it will produce 
the same result. The nitrate of lead is very cheap, and a 
pound of it would make several barrels of the disinfectant. 
The salt which furnishes the chlorine would not cost more than 
the water. 

A CHEAP FUMIGATOR. 

The following will be found to be a cheap and pleasant fumi- 
gator for sick-rooms, diffusing a healthful, agreeable, and highly 
penetrating disinfectant odor in close apartments, or wherever 
the air is deteriorated. Pour common vinegar on powdered 
ch.ilk until effervescence ceases, leave the whole to settle, and 



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pour off the liquid. Dry the sediment and place it in a shallow 
earthen or glass dish, and pour upon it sulphuric acid until white 
fumes commence arising. This vapor quickly spreads, is a very 
agreeable pungent, and acts as a powerful purifier of vitiated 
air. 

DISINFECTANT. 

A small dish of charcoal placed in your meat larder will keep 
the article sweet and wholesome almost as well as ice. Char- 
coal is a great disinfectant. Occasionally used for cleansing the 
teeth, it will sweeten the breath when nothing else will do so. 

A CURB FOR SOFT CORNS. 

Scrape a piece of common chalk, and put a pinch to the soft 
corn, and bind a piece of linen rag upon it. Repeat the appli- 
cation during a few days, and you will find the corn come off 
like a shell, and perfectly cured. The cure is simple and effica- 
cious. 

CURE FOR CORNS. 

One teaspoonful of tar ; one of coarse brown sugar ; and one 
of saltpetre. The whole to be warmed together. Spread it on 
kid leather the size of the corns, and in two days they will be 
drawn out. 

FOR WARTS. 

Dissolve as much common washing soda as the water will take 
up ; wash the warts with this for a minute or two, and let them 
dry without wiping. Another way is to get a little bullock's 
gall, and keep it in a bottle; rub a little on the warts two or 
three times a day, and in a short time they will disappear. 

FOR A SCALD OR BURN. 

Apply immediately pulverized charcoal and oil. Lamp oil 
will do, but linseed is better. The effect is miraculous. 

TWO RECIPES FOR THE REMOVAL OF FRECKLES. 

i. Take one drachm of muriatic acid, half a pint of rain 
water, half a teaspoonful of spirits of lavender. Mix and apply 
two or three times a day to the freckles with a bit of linen or 
camel hair pencil. 2. The favorite cosmetic for removing 
freckles in Paris is one ounce of alum, one ounce of lemon 
juice, mixed with one pint of rose-water. 3. For whitening 
and softening the hands, nothing is better than fine oat meal, 
either made into a thin gruel, or a little thrown into the water 
when washing. 



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SOUR STOMACH. 

A sufferer from want of appetite and sour stomach can be 
greatly benefited by leaving all medicines alone, and for a time 
existing entirely on milk and lime-water ; a tablespoonful of 
lime-water to a tumbler of milk. If this disagrees in any way, 
increase the quantity of lime-water. 

HOW TO GET FAT. 

Abstain from the use of tea, coffee, and tobacco, and acids 
of all kinds; take a sponge bath daily, and dry with a coarse 
towel, using plenty of friction to promote the general circulation 
of the blood ; then consume with your meals a large bowl of 
oatmeal porridge with fresh milk. 

HOW TO GET THIN. 

Take regularly three times a day in a little water fifteen drops 
of hydrate of potassium, always after meals, and a little moder- 
ation in eating will help. 

RELIEF FOR ASTHMA. 

One to two tablespoonfuls of syrup of rhubarb. 

NEURALGIA REMEDY. 

Extract of gelsemin (yellow jessamine), five to ten drops, in 
about a tablespoonful of water ; three doses taken at intervals 
of an hour apart, not soone'r, have relieved very severe attacks. 

ESSENCE OF BITTER ALMONDS. 

One drop of the essence of bitter almonds will communicate 
an agreeable taste and smell to an ounce of the castor oil of 
commerce, and will not at all affect its medicinal action. Per- 
sons taking this medicine should order it to be thus flavored. 

CURE FOR MENINGITIS. 

A Michigan correspondent pronounces what is known as the 
cerebro-spinal meningitis, now prevailing so extensively and 
fatally in many parts of the country, as the same epidemic which 
raged in Michigan about twenty-five years ago to such an extent 
that it actually broke up the legislature, and carried to the grave 
every one whom it attacked, until the old-fashioned hemlock 
sweats were adopted," after which every case was saved. He 
says : Our people sent about twenty-five miles distant and pro- 
cured hemlock boughs, and they sent for it from all parts of the 
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Company, and for weeks did nothing else night or day but go 
from house to house giving hemlock sweats, and it never failed 
to save every case. Thorough sweats might do, but there is no 
mistake about hemlock sweats being a specific. 

CHAFING. 

To prevent chafing use a lotion of alum in water, applied with 
a rag before retiring. A piece of alum as large as a hazelnut, 
dissolved in a half pint of water is sufficient. It will quickly 
heal excoriated skin and harden the unabraded cuticle. The use 
of this for years with the most beneficial results is sufficient 
authority for a trial. It is good also for tender feet and soft 
corns. 

FROZEN FLESH. 

Frozen members of the body are to be restored by the revival 
of circulation and vital heat from within. The application of 
external heat is worse than useless The blood maintains its 
own temperature with great equality, no matter what the sur- 
rounding temperature may be, the range being between 96 to 100 
degrees. Human beings may therefore be subjected, without 
danger to life, to very great extremes. In Arctic regions a sever- 
ity of 102 degrees below zero has been endured, and on the 
other side of the thermometer men have entered a heat of 280 
degrees, and even in one recorded case of 400 degrees and up- 
wards, that is, above the boiling point. The effects of cold are 
to contract the tissues exposed and drive the blood out of the 
veins and arteries back up on the internal organs. When a part 
is frozen the blood is gone from it, and if restoration can be 
made, it is only possible by having the circulation return, bring- 
ing heat from within the tissues through the flowing blood. Ex- 
ternal heat can only warm, in any case, by preventing a loss of 
internal heat through the radiation, and possibly stimulating a 
little flow of blood. But the best stimulus is friction, or action 
in the parts. The milkman's device of slapping his hands is 
better than all the fires, and will soon relieve cold fingers. 
Frozen members, then, are to be treated with snow, with friction, 
and warm coverings, while the circulation is stimulated by warm 
drinks. Heat applied, or coming to the fire, will be very likely 
to insure the death of the affected part. 

RAPID CURE FOR CATARRH. 

As the season of influenza and catarrh is upon us, and as 
horse-car conductors are not any more careful than usual about 
keeping the door of the car open while they collect fares on the 
front platform, a remedy for catarrhal colds will be welcomed by 
those subject to them. The following, given in the last " Annual 
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be found effectual in practice, as it is claimed for it that it will 
cure a cold in about ten hours. Take 10 drops of carbolic 
acid, 7.5 drops of iodine, and 7.5 drops of chloroform. Heat a 
few drops of the mixture over a spirit lamp, in a test tube, apply- 
ing the mouth of the tube to the nostrils as soon as the liquid 
vaporizes. Repeat the operation at an interval of two minutes, 
when a number of vigorous sneezes will result, and the trouble- 
some symptoms will soon disappear. 

THE DANGER SIGNAL. 

It is as perilous to neglect the bard, dry cough, which is the 
danger signal of consumption, as it would be for the engineer 
of a train to dash heedlessly on when he hears the whistle of 
an opposing locomotive coming along the same track. 

BEEF TEA. 

Beefsteak or any lean part of the meat will make good beef 
tea. For one pint take one pound of lean beef, remove any fat 
or gristle, cut the meat in pieces, and put it in a stone jar with 
one pint of cold water. Tie down the jar, and put it in the 
oven for two or three hours, Then pour off the beef tea, and 
with blotting paper take off all the fat. *For quick beef tea, cut 
up and remove the fat from one pound of beef, put it in a stew- 
pan over the fire for five minutes, keeping the lid on ; then add 
one pint of hot water, and simmer twenty minutes. 

ART OF SWIMMING. 

Men are drowned by raising their arms above water, the un- 
buoyed weight of which depresses the head. When a man falls 
into deep water, he will rise to the surface, and will continue 
there, if he does not elevate his hands. If he moves his hands 
under water in any way he pleases, his head will rise so high as 
to allow him free liberty to breathe, and if he will use his legs 
as in the act of walking (or rather of walking up stairs), his 
shoulders will rise above the water, so that he may use less ex- 
ertion with his hands, or apply them to other purposes. These 
plain directions are recommended to the recollection of those 
who have not learned to swim in their youth, as they may be 
found highly advantageous in preserving life. 

DISEASES OF OUR OWN CAUSING. 

On an average one half the number of out-patients treated by 
a hospital surgeon suffer from diseases due primarily to a want 
of knowledge of the laws of health and cleanliness. The igno- 
rance of hygienic laws, which affects so disastrously the health 
of the rich as well as the poor, exists chiefly in regard to dress, 
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startling but an enumeration of the diseases that can be con- 
stantly traced to the above causes will show upon how sound a 
basis the statement rests. The following are examples : Vari- 
cose ulcers, from dress ; skin diseases, from want of cleanli- 
ness ; chest diseases and fevers, from defective ventilation. 
The vast number of ulcerated legs treated in the out-patient 
departments of hospitals, in work-house infirmaries, and in pri- 
vate practice arise from varicose veins. Now a varicose ulcer 
is caused by a distended condition of the veins of the leg, which 
have to sustain the pressure of the blood caused by gravitation. 
The most frequent and flagrant cause of obstruction is the 
elastic garter. Children should never wear them at all, as the 
stockings can be perfectly well kept up by attachment of elastic 
straps to the waist-band. If garters are worn, it is important 
to know how to apply them with the least risk of harm ; at the 
bend of the knee the superficial veins of the legs unite, and go 
deeply into the under part of the thigh, beneath the ham-string 
tendons. Thus a ligature below the knee obstructs all the 
superficial veins ; but if the construction is above, the ham- 
string tendons keep the pressure off the veins which return the 
blood from the legs. Unfortunately, most people, in ignorance 
of the above facts, apply the garter below the knee. 

HOW TO CURE A COLD. 

The moment a man is satisfied he has taken cold let him do 
three things : First, eat nothing ; second, go to bed, cover up 
warm in a warm room ; third, drink as much cold water as he 
can, or as he wants, or as much hot herb-tea as he can • and in 
three cases out of four he will be almost well in thirty-six hours. 
A half teaspoonful to a teaspoonful of salt stirred into a half 
tumbler of water, and drank half an hour before breakfast, is an 
excellent remedy for sore throats, diphtheria, or dyspepsia. It 
will generally prevent serious attacks of these troublesome com- 
plaints. All troubles proceeding from colds are soonest cured 
by careful attention to the condition of the bowels. The effete 
matters retained in the system from impairment of the eliminat- 
ing processes, through cold or other causes, must be got rid 
of or disease inevitably follows. 

HOT WATER FOR INJURIES AND BRUISES. 

The New York Medical Journal reports this case: "The 
patient was engaged in a machine shop, and while his hand 
was upon the anvil of a trip hammer, the hammer — weighing 
seven hundred pounds — fell. It so happened that a file was 
on the anvil, and in this way the force of the hammer was 
arrested about half an inch before it reached its bed. When 
the hand was examined it was found that the whole palm was a 
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sively, and there was apparently but small chance of saving the 
hand. It was, however, placed in hot water, and kept there for 
two or three weeks, and then taken out and dressed. 

" In three months the patient was sufficiently well to leave the 
hospital, and now — nine months after the accident — he is 
able to move the fingers, and has quite a useful hand." Bruises 
and injuries do much better when treated with hot than with 
cold water. The temperature should be about 103 0 F. Another 
case is reported of compound fracture and dislocation of the 
ankle joint, in which the proximal end of the first metatarsal 
bone protruded from the foot. The dislocation was reduced 
and the foot placed in hot water. At the end of a week it was 
taken out and dressed in the ordinary manner. The foot is 
now doing well, and promises a good result. 

EARACHE. 

There is scarcely any ache to which children are subject so 
bad to bear and difficult to cure as the earache. But there is 
a remedy, never known to fail. Take a bit of cotton batting, 
put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip 
in sweet oil, and insert into the ear. Put a flannel bandage 
over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate relief. 

CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA. 

A correspondent of the Boston Journal writes that he has 
used the following remedy for diphtheria in a great many hard 
cases, and in not one has it failed to effect a cure. It is as fol- 
lows : Procure some pitch tar, — not gas tar, — put a little on 
a hot iron, invert a tunnel over the smoke, and let the patient 
inhale as much as he can without strangling, for a few minutes, 
five or six times a day. During the intervals let the patient 
have small pieces of ice to keep as near the root of the tongue 
as possible. 

CHOLERA INFANTUM. 

It may not be generally known that this disease, so fatal to 
many of the children in crowded localities during the summer 
months, can be treated successfully by injection of pure warm 
water, which serves to cleanse the lower intestines, where the 
derangement appears to begin. Authentic evidence in relation 
to more than thirty cases treated in Concord, N. H , by one 
physician, without the loss of a single patient, is at hand, and 
shows that a very simple and safe remedy can be used to great 
advantage, especially if resorted to in season. 

REMEDY FOR SCARLET FEVER. 

Dr. Beebe's remedy for scarlet fever and diphtheria, which is 
rather in the nature of a preventive, — sulpho-carbolate of 



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soda, — attracts much notice, and excellent reports are given of 
its efficacy. The dose for an adult is four grains, pulverized 
with an equal amount of sugar ; and half that quantity for chil- 
dren under ten years of age. To prevent atmospheric conta- 
gion the dose should be taken morning and evening. When 
either disease is in a building with non-infected persons, the 
latter should get four doses a day. In the treatment of either 
disease the dose may be repeated every two hours, in addition 
to other indicated remedies. 

HOW TO CURE SMALL-POX. 

I am willing to risk my reputation as a public man," wrote 
Edward Hine to the Liverpool Mercury, " if the worst case of 
small-pox cannot be cured in three days, simply by the use of 
cream of tartar. One ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in a 
pint of water, drank at intervals, when cold, is a certain, never- 
failing remedy. It has cured thousands, never leaves a mark, 
never causes blindness, and avoids tedious lingering." 

THE PULSE. 

The pulse of a healthy grown person beats seventy times in 
a minute ; there may be good health down to 60 ; but if the 
pulse always exceeds 70 there is disease ; the machine is 
working too fast ; it is wearing itself out ; there is fever or in- 
flammation somewhere, and the body is feeding on itself, as in 
consumption, where the pulse is always quick, that is, over 70, 
gradually increasing with decreased chances of cure, until 
it reaches 110 or 120, when death comes before many days. 
When the pulse is all the time over 70 for months, and there is 
even a slight cough, the lungs are affected. 

Every intelligent person owes it to himself to learn from his 
family physician how to ascertain the pulse in health ; then, by 
comparing it with what it is when ailing, he may have some idea 
of the urgency of his own case, and it will be an important guide 
to the physician. Parents ought to know the healthy pulse of 
each child ; as, now and then, a person is born with a peculiarly 
slow or fast oulse, and the very case in hand may be that pecu- 
liarity. An infant's pulse is 130; a child of seven years about 
80 ; from twenty to sixty years it is 70 beats a minute, declining 
to 60 at fourscore. 

There are pulses all over the body, where there is only 
skin and bone, as at the temples, it is more easily felt ; the 
wrist is the most convenient point. The feebleness or strength 
of the beats is not material, being modified by the finger's press- 
ure. Comparative rapidity is the great point ; near death is 
140 and over. A healthy pulse imparts to the finger a feeling 
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if there is inflammation, which is always dangerous, it beats 
fast, spiteful, and hard, as if a fine wire was throbbing against 
the finger. When the pulse beats irregularly, as if it lost a beat, 
then hurried to make it up, there is something the matter with 
the heart. But however unnatural you may think the pulse is, 
do not worry about it, take nothing, do nothing except by the 
advice of an intelligent physician. 

SWALLOWING A CENT. 

A physician, while on a railroad train, was consulted by one 
of the employees on the train in relation to his little boy, who 
had that morning swallowed a cent. " What have you done for 
him ? " asked the doctor. " We gave him a dose of castor oil," 
was the reply. " Good practice so far. As soon as you reach 
home, give him the whites of three raw eggs daily ; let his diet 
be bread and milk, and nothing sour." The directions were 
followed faithfully, the whites of the eggs repeated every day and 
the dose of oil at night, and on the fourth day the cent was dis- 
charged. It was one of the new copper coins, and considerably 
corroded by the action of the gastric juices. Since fatal results 
often follow the swallowing of a copper coin, the judicious 
treatment advised in this instance should be remembered by 
all who have the care of children. The essential points to be 
borne in mind are' simply these : Albumen or the whites of eggs, 
a bland diet, free from acids, and castor oil. 

PHYSICIANS' SIGNS. 

We are often asked what the physician's signs mean in 
recipes. 

lb denotes a pound. 

§, an ounce. 

3, a drahcm. 

G, a scruple. 

gr. a grain. 

R, recipe. 

ana. of each alike. 

Coch , a spoonful. 

P. JE., equal quantities. 

ss., half of anything. 

iss., one and a half of anything. 

q. s., sufficient quantity. 

q. pi., much as you please. 

O., a pint. 

M., 60th part fluid drachm, 
j , one of anything, 
ij., two of anything, 
iij., three of anything. 



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iv M four of anything, 
x., ten of anything 
xij., twelve of anything. 

f. prefixed to dr. or oz., denotes fluid drachm or ounce. 

gtt, a drop. 

§. iv. v., a cupful. 

§ iss. to § ij., a wineglassful. 

f. § ss , a tablespoonful. 

f. § iiij., a dessertspoonful. 

f. § j., a teaspoonful. 

Pugillas, as much as can be held between the thumb and 
finger. 

LIQUID MEASURE. 

A pint contains 16 ounces. 

A teacup contains a gill. 

A wineglass contains 2 ounces. 

A tablespoonful contains half an ounce. 

A teaspoonful contains 60 drops. 

4 teaspoonfuls are equal to tablespoon. 

DRY MEASURE. 

A tablespoon contains 4 drachms or ^ an ounce. 
A teaspoon contains one drachm. 
A teaspoon contains 60 grains. 

MEDICAL DICTIONARY OP TERMS. 

Acrid, caustic, biting. 

Alterative, establishing healthy functions. 
Anodyne, easing pain, quieting. 
Anti-bilious, correcting the bile. 

Anti-lithic, preventing the formation of gravel or stone. 

Anti-scorbutic, good against scurvy. 

Antiseptic, preventing mortification. 

Anti-spasmodic, relieving spasms. 

Aperient, opening, mildly laxative. 

Aromatic, spicy, fragrant. 

Astringent, binding, contracting the fibres. 

Balsamic, mild, healing. 

Carminative, expelling wind. 

Cathartic, purgative, cleansing the bowels. 

Demulcent, mollifying, lubricating. 

Deobstruent, resolving viscidity, correcting the secretions. 
Diaphoretic, producing insensible perspiration. 
Discutient, dissolving, discussing - 
Diuretic, increasing the discharge of urine. 
Emetic, causing vomiting. 



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Emollient, softening. 
Epispastic, blistering. 

Errhine, producing, discharge at the nostrils. 
Expectorant, producing expectoration. 
Herpetic, curing diseases of the skin. 
Narcotic, producing stupor, causing sleep. 
Nervine, strengthening the nerves. 
Pectoral, relieving diseases of the chest and lungs. 
Refrigerant, cooling. 

Rubefacient, producing heat and redness of the skin. 

Stimulant, exciting action. 

Stomachic, producing action of the stomach. 

Styptic, preventing bleeding. 

Sudorific, causing sweat. 

Tonic, strengthening. 

Vermifuge, expelling or destroying worms. 

THE TONGUE. 

A white fur on the tongue attends simple fever and inflamma- 
tion. Yellowness of the tongue attends a derangement of the 
liver, and is common to bilious and typhus fevers. A tongue 
vividly red on the tip and edges, or down the centre, or over 
the whole surface, attends inflammation of the mucous mem- 
brane of the stomach or bowels. A white, velvety tongue attends 
mental disease. A tongue red at the lips, becoming brown, dry, 
and glazed, attends typhus state. 

LEECHES. 

To make leeches take hold on the spot required, take a piece 
of white paper, cut small holes in it where you wish them to 
bite, lay this over the place, put the leeches on the paper. Not 
liking the paper, they will take hold of the skin where it appears 
through the holes. 

A COLD IN THE HEAD. 

A Dr. Palionof St Foy, France, has discovered a new method 
of curing the special malady of New England, — cold in the 
head. Herewith is the description : — 

It consists in inhaling through the nose the emanations of 
ammonia contained in a smelling-bottle. If the sense of smell 
is completely obliterated, the bottle should be kept under the 
nose until the pungency of the volatile alkali is felt. The bot- 
tle is then removed, but only to be reapplied after a minute ; the 
second application, however, should not be long, that the 
patient may bear it. This easy operation being repeated seven 
or eight times in the course of five minutes, but always very 
rapidly, except the first time, the nostrils become free, the sense 



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of smell is restored, and the secretion of the irritating mucous is 
stopped. This remedy is said to be peculiarly advantageous to 
singers. 

SURE CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. 

Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm writes to the Pittsburg Commercial : 
A lady met me this morning, saying, " Did you see that receipt 
for curing hydrophobia in yesterday's paper ? " I had not seen 
it. " Well," she continued, "it is just the cure I wanted you to 
write about two or three years ago, the old Chester Valley cure/ 
It never was known to fail, and was used in hundreds of cases 
in the eastern part of the State. I remember hearing of it as 
long as I can remember anything. I have told people, and told 
and talked, and no one would mind me. I tried to get you to 
write a letter about it, and now you must write, for people will 
not believe. They will read and forget all about it." 

I remember perfectly her anxiety that I should write to the 
papers and proclaim that elecampane and fresh milk are the 
specific for hydrophobia, and my purpose to repeat the account 
she gave me of it, but I do not remember why I did not do so. 
That I may atone for my negligence I now repeat what she so 
long ago told me and what she now urges me to make as public 
as possible. 

In her old home in Chester County, Pa., lived a German 
named Joseph Emery, who used to be sent for, far and wide, 
when any one had been bitten by a rabid animal. He went to 
his patient, carrying something understood to be a root, which 
he himself dug in the woods. He milked a pint of fresh milk 
from the cow, put the root into it, boiled it, and gave it to the 
patient, fasting; made him fast after taking it; gave a second 
and third dose on alternate days, and never failed in effecting a 
cure In some way, which she has forgotten, his secret trans- 
pired, and the root was known to be elecampane. 

The story current in the country was that an old German 
made the discovery in the days of Penn, and applied to Penn- 
sylvania Legislature for a grant of $300 for making his secret 
public. His offer was treated with contempt, and he resolved 
that his knowledge should die with him ; but a drunken son knew 
it, wrote out the receipt, making a number of copies, and tried 
to sell them at a dollar apiece. One of them was offered to my 
informant's grandfather, who laughed at this vender of impor- 
tant medicinal knowledge. He only succeeded in selling two, 
one of these to the man who made such effective use of it. So 
well did he establish the local reputation of his specific, that in 
his neighborhood folks were not afraid of mad dogs. His rep- 
utation was parallel to that of Dr. Marchant of Greensburg, to 
whom every one in this part of the conntry used to go or send 
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The intelligence and integrity of my informant are beyond ques- 
tion, and I regret that her love of privacy should prevent her giv- 
ing the weight of her name to her conviction that you have pub- 
lished an unfailing specific for hydrophobia. The people of Ches- 
ter Valley are not of a class likely to be misled by superstition, and 
she is confident it was a general or universal belief that Jacob 
Emery never failed to cure or prevent hydrophobia. In one 
case the spasms had begun before the first dose was given and 
the patient recovered. She is anxious you should publish the 
recipe again and again, keep it standing, and call attention to 
it until every one cuts out and preserves a copy, and is im- 
pressed with the importance of using the remedy at once, in 
case of danger. The medical properties of elecampane are 
very powerful Milk itself is a specific for many poisons ; and 
while the medical faculty know no cure for this terrible disease, 
we should open every avenue of light into the dark subject. If 
the disease is one of the imagination, we want a specific to give 
confidence and cure by the imagination ; but this looks like a 
real cure of a veritable disease. 

HYDROPHOBIA. 

A German forest-keeper, eighty-two years old, not wishing 
to carry to the grave with him an important secret, had 
published in the Leipsic Journal a recipe he had used for fifty 
years, and which he says has saved several men and a great 
number of animals from a horrible death by hydrophobia. The 
bite must be bathed as soon as possible with warm vinegar 
and water, and when this has dried, a few drops of muriatic acid 
poured upon the wound will destroy the poison of the saliva, 
and relieve the patient from all present or future danger. 

AN ANTIDOTE FOR POISONS. 

We do not know where the following originated, or how much 
truth there is in it, but as the antidote is entirely harmless, and 
may prove useful in some cases, we give it a place. 

A plain farmer says, "It is now over twenty years since I 
learned that sweet oil would cure the bite of a rattlesnake, not 
knowing that it would cure any other kind of poison. Practice, 
observation, and experience have taught me that it will cure 
poison of any kind, both on man and beast. I think no farmer 
should be without a bottle of it in his house. The patient must 
take a spoonful of it internally and bathe the wound for a cure. 
To cure a horse requires eight times as much as it does a man. 
Here let me say of one of the most extreme cases of snake-bite 
in this neighborhood. Eleven years ago this summer, where 
the case had been thirty days standing, and the patient had 
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gave him one spoonful, which effected a cure. It is an antidote 
for arsenic and strychnine. It will cure bloat in cattle caused 
by eating too freely of fresh clover ; it will cure sting of bees, 
spiders, or other insects ; and will also cure persons who have 
been poisoned by a low-running vine growing in the meadows, 
called ivy." 

FELON ON THE FINGER. 

The following is given as a sure cure for felon on the finger : 
Take common rock salt, such as is used for salting down pork 
and beef, dry it in the oven, then pound it fine and mix it with 
the spirits of turpentine in equal parts. Put it on a rag and 
wrap it round the thumb, and as it gets dry put on some more, 
and in twenty-four hours we are assured the felon will be dead. 

BORAX AND NITRE IN COLDS. 

Dr. W. Corson states, in the Medical Record, that by the use 
of these two remedies he has had the pleasure, within the last 
few years, of restoring to a number of clergymen and lecturers 
the lost gift of speech, within twenty-four hours. The paper 
contains a statement of several cases. He sums up the results 
of his experience in the following conclusions : That in sudden 
hoarseness or loss of voice in public speakers or singers from 
" colds," relief for an hour or so, as by magic, may be often 
obtained by slowly dissolving and partially swallowing a lump 
of borax the size of a garden pea, or about three or four grains, 
held in the mouth for ten minutes before speaking or singing. 
This produces a free secretion of saliva, or " watering " of the 
mouth and throat. It probably restores the voice or tone to 
the dried vocal cords, just as " wetting " brings back the miss- 
ing notes to a flute when it is too dry. Such k ' colds " may be 
frequently " broken up " at the very commencement, and this 
restorative action of the borax to the voice may be materially 
aided by promptly taking, the evening previous to a public 
effort, dissolved in a glass of sweetened water, apiece of nitrate 
of potassa, or " saltpetre," a little larger than a garden pea, or 
about five grains, on going to bed, and covering with an extra 
blanket. The patient should keep warm next day. This both 
moistens the dry throat and further relieves the symptoms of 
''cold" and slight blood-poisoning from suppressed perspira- 
tion, by reopening the millions of pores of the skin more or 
less closed by cold. 

TO STOP BLEEDING- 

It is said that bleeding from a wound of man or beast may be 
stopped by a mixture of wheat flour and common salt, in equal 
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large quantity, say from one to three pints. It may be left on 
for hours, or even days if necessary. The person who gave us 
this receipt says in this manner he saved the life of a horse 
which was bleeding from a wounded artery ; the bleeding ceased 
in five minutes after the application. 

A REMEDY FOR WOUNDS, 

A correspondent of the Country Gentleman gives the following 
remedy for painful wounds : " Take a pan or shovel, with 
burning coals, and sprinkle upon them common brown sugar, 
and hold the wounded part in the smoke. In a few minutes 
the pain will be allayed, and recovery proceed rapidly. In my 
own case a rusty nail had made a bad wound in the bottom of 
my foot. The pain and nervous irritation were severe. This 
was all removed by holding it in the smoke for fifteen minutes, 
and I was able to resume my reading in comfort. We have 
often recommended it to others,- with like results. Last week 
one of my men had a finger-nail torn out by a pair of ice-tongs. 
It became very painful, as was to have been expected. Held 
in sugar smoke for twenty minutes, the pain ceased, and it 
promises speedy recovery." 

CURE FOR CANCER. 

The following cure for cancer is vouched for by a Southern 
gentleman, and is well worth a trial by those afflicted with this 
terrible disease : Take a quantity of red-stemmed sheep sorrel, 
say a peck, place it in a bag and bruise it thoroughly ; then 
compress the bag tightly to torce out the juice ot the sorrel, 
using no water at all. Place the juice thus obtained in a plate 
and dry it in the sun ; this will form a paste which is to be 
spread thin on a piece of muslin Place this plaster on the can- 
cer every two or three hours until the cancer comes out, which 
will be in three or four days. The plaster will prove very pain- 
ful, but the sufferer must bear it. This recipe will cure old sores 
and take out corns. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



ONE WAY TO USE BORAX. 

Pulverized borax, if properly applied, will clear any house of 
Croton bugs. Four years ago we were overrun with them, I 
bought four pounds of borax, and made a line with it around 
every room, on the carpet, close up to the woodwork, also on 



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the backs of the mantels, and around every shelf of every 
closet. I threw handsful of it around all the wash-basins and 
water-pipes ; I used it freely around the boiler and sink and 
wash-tubs, in the kitchen ; I sifted it over the tops of doors, 
and between mattresses, and in bureau-drawers. I instructed 
the servants to disturb it as little as possible. When the next 
week's sweeping and scrubbing was done, I applied it again. 
A third time I repeated the dose, and at the end of the month 
not a Croton bug was to be found in the house. ,We also had 
large black roaches, which, in warm weather, came up from the 
cellar and w.ent all over the house. It also destroyed them. 
Every spring and fall I used a pound of borax, generally around 
the kitchen. For years we have enjoyed a blessed immunity 
from these disgusting pests. 

REMEDY FOR INSECT BITES. 

When a mosquito, flea, gnat, or other noxious insect punc- 
tures the human skin, it deposits or injects an atom of an acid- 
ulous fluid of a poisonous nature. The results are irritation, 
a sensation of itching or pain. The best remedies for the 
stings of insects are those which will instantly neutralize this 
acidulous poison deposit in the skin. These are either ammo- 
nia or borax. The alkaline reaction of borax is scarcely yet 
sufficiently appreciated. However, a time will come when its 
good qualities will be known, and more universally valued than 
ammonia. The solution of borax for insect bites is made thus : 
Dissolve one ounce of borax in one pint of hot water ; distilled 
rose-water, elder or orange flower water is more pleasant than 
plain water, but not essential. The bites are to be bathed with 
the solution frequently, as long as there is any irritation. For 
bee or wasp stings the borax solution maybe made of twice the 
above strength. In every house this solution should be kept 
as a household remedy. 

TO KEEP EGGS. 

Make a solution of borax-water, — a heaping tablespoonful of 
pulverized borax to a pint of boiling water ; let it stand until 
the solution becomes warm, but not allow it to get so cold that 
the borax will crystallize \ dip the eggs quickly in ; then keep in 
a cool place ; the borax will crystallize around the egg, there- 
fore keep out the air and preserve the egg. 

TO MAKE A STORM GLASS. 

To prepare this instrument take two drachms of camphor, 
half a drachm of pure nitrate of potash (nitre or saltpetre), and 
half a drachm of muriate of ammonia (sal ammonia), and tritu- 
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operation may be assisted by adding a few drops of alcohol. 
When well triturated, the mixture is to be dissolved in about 
two ounces of alcohol and put into a tall vial, such as German 
cologne sometimes comes in, or into a glass tube of about ten 
inches in height and three quarters of an inch in diameter, the 
mouth of which is to be covered with a bit of bladder, or the 
like, perforated with a pin. The instrument is then complete. 
The indications which it gives are of this nature : If the at- 
mosphere be dry and the weather promising to be fine, all the 
solid part of the composition which appears in the glass will be 
closely collected at the bottom, and the liquid above will be 
quite clear ; but on the approach of a change to rain, the solid 
matter will appear gradually to rise, and small crystalline stars 
will be observed to float about in the liquid, which, however, 
will remain otherwise pellucid. On the approach of winds, 
flocks of the composition, apparently in the form of a leaf, will 
appear on the surlace of the liquid, which in this case will seem 
thick and in a state of fermentation. These indications olten 
begin to exhibit themselves twenty-four hours before the actual 
breaking forth of the storm, and after a short experience in 
observing the changes of appearance of the materials in the 
glass, not only the magnitude of the coming storm will readily 
be estimated, but likewise its direction, for the quarter of the 
compass from which the wind blows will always be indicated 
by the circumstance of the solid particles lying more closely to 
the side of the glass opposite to that whence the tempest comes. 
During the winter the composition is rendered white by the 
multitude of small white stars which are constantly floating 
about in the liquid. This is particularly remarkable during 
white frost and snow. In summer, on the contrary, when the 
weather is warm and serene, the liquid is clear, and the solid 
matter lies at the bottom of the glass, The above comprises 
all the information we possess on the subject. The cost of a 
storm glass such as we have described can not be much. 

AMMONIA. 

A very useful article. We quote the following from compe- 
tent authority : Put a teaspoonful of ammonia in a quart of 
warm soapsuds, dip a cloth in it and go over your soiled pants, 
and see how rapidly the dirt will disappear ; no scrubbing will 
be necessary. To a pint of hot soapsuds add a teaspoonful of 
the spirits, dip in your fork or spoon (or whatever you wish to 
clean), rub with a soft brush, and then finish with chamois skin. 
For washing windows and mirrors it has no equal. It will re- 
move grease spots from every fabric without injuring the gar- 
ment. Put on the ammonia nearly clear ; lay on blotting paper, 
and set a hot iron on it for a moment ; also a few drops in water 
will cleanse and whiten laces and muslin beautifully. A few 
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drops in a bowl of water, if the skin be oily, removes all un- 
easiness and disagreeable odors. Added to a hot bath, it en- 
tirely absorbs all noxious smell, and nothing is better to remove 
dandruff from the hair. For cleaning nail and hair brushes it 
is equally good ; for heart-burn and dyspepsia, the aromatic spirits 
of ammonia is especially prepared ; ten drops taken in a wine- 
glass of water will give relief. For house plants, five or six 
drops to every pint of water once a week will make them flourish. 
It is also good to clean plant jars. So be sure and keep a bot- 
tle of it in the house, and have a glass stopper, as it eats away 
cork. 

ASHES FOR PEACHES. 

A correspondent of the New York World writes : " I find it 
pays to put wood ashes and lime and a light sprinkling of salt 
around each peach-tree. The top earth should be removed 
from the trees before the ashes, lime, and salt are put around 
it. If the trees are not all unthrifty it will restore, them to life 
again; and in a short time they will look as thrifty as if nothing 
had been the matter with them. I think this helps to make the 
fruit stay on. I would advise every one that has a few trees to 
try what I have recommended, and see if their fruit does not 
ripen better and grow finer than when they are left to have their 
own way. Ashes are good for almost any tree or plant. The 
great difficulty is that we cannot get the ashes." 

A BAROMETER. 

One who has tried it says that a cup of coffee is a sure barom- 
eter, if you allow the sugar to drop to the bottom of the cup, 
and watch the bubbles arise without disturbing the coffee. If 
the bubbles collect in the middle, the weather will be fine ; if 
they adhere to the cup, forming a ring it will be rainy ; and if 
the bubbles separate without any fixed position, changeable 
weather may be expected. Try it, and if none of these effects 
are produced, add more sugar, and drink it. A good cup of 
coffee is always " salubrious " in any weather. 

HELPS IN HOUSE-CLEANING. 

Provide ammonia for cleaning paint and carpets, the water 
when done with to be poured on house-plants or vines ; cold 
tea for graining ; a window scrub, which is a little stiff brush 
with a long handle, a step-ladder, a carpet-stretcher, a self-wring- 
ing mop, which consists of a long handle with a stationary ring 
which moves freely up and down the handle, strips of cloth 
being sewed to these rings, and the movable ring being pulled 
up when in use as far as the cloth will permit around the handle 
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FRANCIS MORANDI, 



DEALER IN 



AND MANUFACTURER AND PATENTEE OF THE 

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in about fifteen minutes. The Broiler works like a charm, and will broil better than a char- 
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from hard-finished walls ; plenty of soft clean muslin and linen 
for cloths, a chamois-skin to polish mirrors and plate-glass ; 
long-enduring, exhaustless patience, and uninterrupted flow of 
good-humor. With these the labor and discomfort of house- 
cleaning will be reduced to its minimum. 

TO DRIVE OFF MICE. 

If you are troubled with mice, gum camphor placed about 
their haunts will keep them away. 

BLACKING HARNESS. 

What makes a good preparation for blacking harness, one 
that will retain its blackness, and that will not be injurious to 
leather ? Answer. Ivory black and molasses, each twelve 
ounces, spermaceti oil four ounces, good vinegar four pints. 
Mix. 

TO TAKE OUT MILDEW. 

Mix soft soap, powdered starch, half as much salt, and the 
juice of a lemon. Paint both sides of the linen with a brush ; 
put it on the grass till the stain comes out. 

BED BUGS 

May be effectually destroyed with kerosene or coal oil, applied 
by means of a feather to the bedstead or crevices in the wall, 
and such other places as they may inhabit. 

CEMENT TO MEND CHINA. 

Take a very thick solution of gum-arabic, and stir into it plaster 
of Paris, until the mixture is of proper consistency. Apply it with 
a brush to the fractured edges ct tLe chinaware, and stick them 
together. In a few days it will be impossible to break the arti- 
cle in the same place. The whiteness of the cement renders it 
doubly valuable. 

TO DRIVE AWAY MOSQUITOES. 

Camphor is recommended as valuable for the expulsion of 
mosquitoes from the house. It is used as follows : Take of 
gum camphor a piece about one third the size of a hen's egg, 
and evaporate it by placing it in a tin vessel and holding it over 
a lamp, taking care that it does not ignite ; the smoke will soon 
fill the room and expel the mosquitoes, and not one will be 
found in the room next morning, even though the windows are 
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TO KEEP MOTHS FROM PLUSH FURNITURE, 

Twice a year, on a bright sunny day, take it out of doors, re- 
move the bottoms from the chairs, if they can be removed, and 
gave the cushions a good switching with long pliable switches 
till the dust is removed. Then with a brush go all over them 
thoroughly. While the cushions are being sunned give the 
frames a coat of varnish. Let the furniture remain in the sun 
nearly all day. 

FLY POISON. 

Take four ounces of quassia-wood chips, boil for half an hour 
in one pint of water ; when cold, strain, and add water to make 
one pint ; also alcohol, two fluid ounces. Place this decoction 
in shallow dishes, where the insects are troublesome, adding to 
each dish one teaspoonful of molasses. This is sure death to 
flies, and perfectly harmless to persons, quassia, as all know, 
being an old-fashioned ionic. 

LIQUID BLUING. 

, Take the best Prussian blue, or what is better, Chinese blue, 
finely pulverized, one ounce ; add half an ounce of pulverized 
oxalic acid, and soft water, one quart. Don't use rain-water 
which runs from roofs of buildings, as it is not always clean. 

TO KILL WEEDS. 

Take one pound flour of sulphur and ten of quicklime, boil 
them in an iron vessel with water ; let the liquor settle, draw off 
the clear part, dilute it according to circumstances, and with it 
water alleys and pavements where weeds are growing. They 
will not reappear for several years after this treatment, which is 
successfully practised in Europe. 

IMPROVED STARCH. 

A beautiful finish can be given to articles to be starched by 
taking one fourth of a pound of starch, and working it over and 
kneading it with a little water, then placing five or six pints of 
water in a pan, and adding to this a very small quantity of 
borax, a small piece of sugar, and a fragment of white wax 
about the size of a hazel-nut, and heating the whole sufficiently. 
The water is then to be added to the starch, with continual stir- 
ring, mixing the two together until the whole is as thick as is 
convenient for application. If the articles are to be made quite 
stiff, the strength of the starch may be increased two or three 
fold. 

WASHING FLUID. 

Take one pound of sal soda and half a pound of unslacked 
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it stand till cool, then drain off and put in a small jug or jar ; 
soak your dirty clothes over night, or until they are wet through, 
then wring them and rub on plenty of soap, and in one boiler of 
clothes well covered with water, add a teacup of the washing 
fluid ; boil half an hour briskly, then wash them thoroughly 
with suds ; rinse, and your clothes will look better than by the 
old way of washing twice before boiling. This is an invaluable 
receipt, and it should be tried by every woman who would save 
time and labor. 

RESTORING DAMAGED VELVET 

The Moniteur de la Salud publishes the following method of 
restoring velvet to its original condition. It is well known that 
when velvet has been wet, not only its appearance is spoiled, but 
it becomes hard and knotty. To restore its original softness, it 
must be thoroughly damped on the wrong side, and then held 
over a very hot iron, care being taken not to let it touch the 
latter. In a short time the velvet becomes, as it were, new 
again. The theory of this is very simple. The heat of the iron 
evaporates the water through the tissue, and forces the vapor 
out at the upper side ; this vapor, passing between the different 
fibres, separates those which adhere together in hard bunches. 
If the velvet were ironed after damping, an exactly opposite 
result would be obtained. It is, therefore, necessary that the 
substance should not come in contact with the heated iron. 

TO MAKE WASHING EASY. 

Take one half pound hard soap, cut fine and dissolved, one 
half pound of soda ; dissolve each by itself, and when so done, 
put them together and boil, adding one teacupful of strained 
lime-water. Put this in to boil the clothes. Boil them twenty 
minutes. This will serve several boilers full. The clothes 
must be previously soaked, and soap rubbed on the stained 
spots. You can wash the finest material with this ; and colored 
clothes boiled in this will not fade. 

MAKING HARD WATER SOFT- 

Put cold water to about four quarts of good, hard-wood ashes 
and bring to a boil ; then add more cold water, and let it set- 
tle ; pour this off, and add still more cold water to the ashes ; 
the result should be about a pail of good lye, which strain and 
pour into a barrel of water; let it stand over night, when there 
will be found a deposit in the bottom of the barrel, which should 
not be disturbed in dipping off the water. This water will be 
found to make a suds as readily as rain water, (if it does not, 
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the least ; if the lye is too strong, it may make the hands sore, 
but that will be the only evil result. 

TO WASH OILCLOTHS. 

When washing oilcloths put a little milk in the last water 
they are washed with. This will keep them bright and clean 
longer than clear water. 

TO CLEAN WALL PAPER. 

To remove smoke and dust from wall paper tie a large piece 
of clean white cloth over a broom and brush the wall down well. 
Then take a stale loaf of bread, cut it open and rub the soft 
side all over the paper. Be sure and rub downward. It will 
also remove spots of lime or whitewash. 

RATS. 

To drive away rats, an English journal gives the following 
recipe, which it says has proved very successful: Take some 
glass and powder with pestle and mortar, then mix with some 
lard into pills, and drop into the rat-holes. It will drive rats 
and mice out of the place ; they die of decline. 

PIE-PLATES. 

Pie-plates that have been used much for baking are apt to 
impart an unpleasant taste to the pies, which is owing to the lard 
and butter of the crust soaking into them, and becoming rancid. 
It may be removed by putting them into a brass kettle, with 
ashes and cold water, and boiling them in it an hour. 

TO MR. BERG. 

A German inventor has patented an apparatus designed to 
lessen the strain upon a horse, particularly at starting, of a 
loaded vehicle. The traces are fastened to an iron rod running 
through the centre of a cylinder containing several rings of 
gutta-percha When the horse exerts himself the strain first 
comes upon and compresses these rings, saving his shoulders. 
The German war department, having made experiments and 
found that the saving of force, not alone at starting, but dur- 
ing traction, was at least a third, has resolved to employ the 
attachment in its artillery and military trains. It might pay, 
from an economical as well as a humane point of view, to in- 
troduce it here. 

ANTS. 

A certain way to keep ants from sugar barrels, lard-cans, and 
preserve jars is to tie a string wet with kerosene around the 
barrel, can, or jar. Repeat the wetting of the string every few 
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TO STOP THE RAVAGES OF MOTHS. 

Camphor will not stop the ravages of moths in carpets after 
they have commenced eating. Then they pay no regard to the 
presence of camphor, cedar, or tobaoco. A good way to kill 
them is to take a coarse crash towel and ring it out of clean 
water. Spread it smoothly on the carpet, then iron it dry with 
a good hot iron, repeating the operation on all suspected places, 
and those least used- It does not injure the pile or color of the 
carpet in the least ; it is not necessary to press hard, heat and 
steam being the agents, and they do the work effectually on 
worms and eggs. Then the camphor will doubtless prevent 
future depredations of the miller. 

CANARIES. 

Never put canaries in a painted cage, as they will pick the 
wires, and thus imbibe poison. Brass wire cages are more 
cheerful than those made of wood and can be easily kept clean. 
When your canary droops and seems ill, particularly if he shows 
signs of asthma or cold, by a wheezing sound, feed him for a 
week on boiled bread and milk. Mix bird-seed and flax-seed 
and give it. Also strew red pepper plentifully on a piece of salt 
pork and tie it up in the cage wiihin reach. Give it also a little 
saffron in its water now and then. 

TO DESTOY INSECTS. 

Hot alum-water is a recent suggestion as an insectcide. It 
will destroy red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz 
bugs, and all the crawling pests which infest our houses. Take 
two pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or four quarts of 
boiling water ; let it stand on the fire till the alum disappears ; 
then apply it with a brush while nearly boiling hot, to every 
joint and crevice in your closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves, and 
the like. Brush the crevices in the floor of the skirting or mop 
boards, if you suspect that they harbor vermin. If in white- 
washing a ceiling plenty of alum is added to the lime, it will also 
serve to keep insects at a distance. Cockroaches will flee the 
paint which has been washed in cool alum-water. Sugar bar- 
rels and boxes can be freed from ants by drawing a wide chalk 
mark just around the edge of the top of them. The mark must 
be unbroken or they will creep over it ■ but a continuous chalk 
line half an inch in width will set their depredations at naught. 
Powdered alum or borax will keep the chintz bug at a respecta- 
ble distance, and travellers should always carry a package of it 
in their hand-bags to scatter over and under their pillows, in 
places where they have reason to suspect the presence of such 
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WASHING DISHES. 

It seems that all housekeepers are wrong in using soap to 
wash dishes. The right way to do is to have your water quite 
hot and add a verv little milk to it. This softens the water, 
gives the dishes a fine gloss, and preserves the hands ; it re- 
moves the grease, even that from beef, and yet no grease is 
ever floating on the water, as when soap is used. The stone 
vessels should be set on the stove with a little water in them, 
when the victuals are taken from them ; thus they are hot when 
one is ready to wash them, and the grease is easily removed. 
Tinware keeps bright longer cleaned in this way than by using 
soap or by scouring The habit so many of us have acquired of 
scouring tins is a wasteful policy ; the present style of tinware 
will not bear it. The tin is soon scrubbed away, and a vessel 
that is rit for nothing is left on our hands. 

BORAX USED IN WASHING. 

Quarter of a pound of refined borax to five gallons of water ; 
powder the borax ; dissolve it in boiling water in the above 
preparation, and use. It is an excellent bleacher, and may be 
used for the most delicate laces even ; it also saves soap. 

A little pipe-clay dissolved in the hot water cleans very diity 
linen with half the soap required without it. 

The practice of washing harness in warm water and with soap 
is very damaging, unless a coat of oil is immediately applied A 
damp sponge will remove any dirt on the harness, and then it is 
desirable to apply a slight coat of oil by using another sponge. 

DIRECTIONS FOR BURNING COAL. 

An exchange says : A very common mistake is made and 
much fuel wasted in the manner of replenishing coal fires, both 
in furnaces and grates. They should be fed with a little coal 
at a time, and often ; but servants, to save time and trouble, 
put on a great deal at once, the first result being that almost all 
the heat is absorbed by the newly put on coal, which does not 
give out heat till it becomes red hot Hence, for a while, the 
room is cold, but when it becomes fairly aglow the heat is insuf- 
ferable. The time to replenish a coal fire is as soon as the 
coals begin to show ashes on their surface ; then put on merely 
enough to show a layer of black coal covering the red. This 
will soon kindle, and as there is not much of it, an excess of 
heat will not be given out. Many also put out the fire by stir- 
ring the grate as soon as fresh coal is put on, thus leaving all 
the heat in the ashes when it should be sent to the new supply 
of coal. The time to stir the fire is just when the new coal laid 
on is pretty well kindled. This method of managing a coal fire 
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and prevents the discomforts of alternations of heat and cold 
above referred to. 

TO MAKE A COAL FIRE. 

There is as much art in making a coal fire as there is any 
other of the arts of housekeeping. In this season a fire should 
be made in the grate that will last through the day, giving a 
moderate heat and ventilation for the house. To do this, first 
clear the grate, then fill it about half full of coal, then make a 
wood fire, putting on a few sticks of wood, which will burn 
slowly, gradually igniting the coal. The wood ashes on top of 
the coal will prevent its rapid consumption, and a fire thus con- 
structed, burning slowly, with a moderate heat, will last all day. 
It is always good economy to put one or two sticks of wood on 
the top of a coal fire in a grate, as the ashes will prevent the 
coal from burning out fast and throw more largely the heat into 
the room. Try it. 

To remove clinkers from stoves and ranges, mix a few oyster 
shells with the coal or put them upon the coals while the fire is 
burning freely. An occasional application of this kind will 
keep the grate free and the cook good-natured. 

SHOE POLISH. 

To restore the color of black kid boots take a small quantity 
of black ink, mix it with the white of an egg, and apply with a 
soft sponge. 

TO CLEAN MIRRORS. 

To remove finger-marks from looking-glasses put a few drops 
of ammonia on a moist rag, and it will make a short work of re- 
moving all grease, fly-specks, or other dirt. 

FOR ROUGH HANDS. 

Take three drams of powdered borax, three eighths ounce of 
glycerine, six ounces of rose-water ; mix well together and apply 
frequently. It will make the skin smooth and white. 

•MOULDINESS. 

Mouldiness is occasioned by the growth of minute vegetation. 
Ink, paste leather, and seeds most frequently suffer by it. A 
clove will preserve ink, or any essential oil answers equally 
well. 

A VENTILATOR. 

The cavity in the chimney from whence the stove-pipe is re- 
moved can be made to serve as an excellent ventilator. An or- 
namental covering of wire, or the hanging of a picture before 
it, would accomplish the purpose. 



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TO RESTORE BLACK SILK AND MAKE IT LOOK 
LIKE NEW. 

One old blick kid glove, put in one pint of cold water, and 
simmered slowly till the water is half bo ! led away ; then strain, 
and sponge the silk, and iron while damp, on the wrong side. 

TO SWEEP CARPETS. 

If brooms are wet in boiling suds once a week they will be- 
come very tough, will not cut the carpet, last much longer, and 
always sweep like a new broom. A very dusty carpet may be 
cleaned by setting a pail of cold water out by the door ; wet 
the broom in it, knock it to get out all the drops, sweep a yard 
or so, then wash the broom again as before, and sweep again, 
being careful to shake all the drops off the broom, and not 
sweep far at a time. The water may need to be changed once 
or twice if the carpet is very dusty. Snow sprinkled over a 
carpet and swept off before it has time to melt and dissolve is 
also nice for renovating a soiled carpet. Moistened Indian 
meal is used with good effect by some. 

TO REMOVE MILDEW. 

We have several times been asked for a reliable recipe for the 
removal of mildew We doubt whether there is any method 
that is infallible in all cases ; but the following, which we find in 
an English journal, will often prove effectual. Make a very 
weak solution of chloride of lime in water (about a heaped-up 
teaspoonful to a quart of water), strain it carefully, and dip the 
spot on the garment into it ; and if the mildew does not dis- 
appear immediately, lay it in the sun for a few minutes, or dip 
it again into the lime-water The work is effectually and speed- 
ily done, and the chloride of lime neither rots the cloth nor re- 
moves delicate colors, when sufficiently diluted, and the articles 
rinsed afterwards in clear water. 

TO COOL THE TEMPERATURE OP A ROOM. 

We read in a scientific journal : " There is a method which I 
have adopted in my own house to cool the temperature of any 
room during hot weather, and that is, to hang a sheet or a 
blanket down outside the windows upon which the sun may be 
shining. This sheet is wet, and the evaporation of the Water 
produces a deliciously cool apartment. The sheet is kept damp 
by having a vessel filled with water above the top of it outside, 
and a piece of flannel arranged to form a siphon, and touching 
several portions of the sheet. The water gradually empties out 
of the vessel, and may be replenished if necessary. The win- 
dows, of course, open. It is strange that so simple and inex- 
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sick-rooms ; a cylindrical-shaped tin vessel, with some very fine 
holes, fixed over the window, would easily supply the water." 

TO TAKE OUT FRUIT STAINS. 

Let the stained part of the cloth imbibe a little water without 
dipping, and hold the part over a lighted common brimstone 
match at a distance. The sulphurous acid gas which is dis- 
charged soon causts the spots to disappear. Or wet the spots 
with chloric water. 

A DANGEROUS PAPER. 

The green paper used to wrap about lozenges, sold in shops, 
railroad cars, and on street corners, has long been suspected to 
contain arsenic, and with the view of ascertaining the facts by 
analysis we recently purchased a roll of lozenges covered with 
this paper. A qualitative examination of the paper afforded all 
the characteristic reactions for arsensic and copper. The wrap- 
per contained twenty square inches of paper. Of this, sixteen 
were taken for quantitative analysis. The result of the exami- 
nation showed that this portion contained 1.5 1 6 grams, or 2.34 
grains of metallic arsenic. This is equivalent to 2.94 grains 
in the whole of the wrapper, a quantity sufficient to destroy life 
in an adult person. Children in all parts of the country are 
allowed to purchase the lozenges covered with this poisonous 
paper, and the rolls are often put into the hands of infants as a 
plaything. As everything goes into the mouth of young chil- 
dren, it is easy to see that no more dangerous substance can 
pass into a family than these packages of confectionery. It is 
quite probable that instances of poisoning have occurred from 
this cause which have been of a serious or fatal character. 
There should be laws prohibiting the use of poisonous papers 
for any purpose. — Journal of Chemistry. 

GREASE SPOTS. 

Grease or paint spots in clothes are easily removed by oil of 
turpentine, or a hot iron pressed on the place over coarse brown 
paper, after scraping all that can be got off with a blunt knife. 
Stains may be removed from light-colored clothes, such as 
drabs, buffs, or whites, with fuller's earth ; but this is apt to 
take the color of dark clothes. It should be dissolved in a 
little boiling water, put on the spot when hot, held to the fire to 
dry, and then brushed out. Pitch is removed, first, by rubbing 
the place over with grease or oil, and then taking out the oil by 
the application of spirits of turpentine. 

PURIFYING WATER. 

To purify water by a process promulgated by a Mr. "Booth, of 
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in the proportion of one ounce to 435 gallons. The sulphate de- 
composes the bicarbonate of lime in the water and forms an 
insoluble sulphate of lime instead. The hydrate of alumina 
being set free, forms with the organic matter in the water another 
insoluble compound. Both these fall to the bottom, and the 
remaining freed element, carbonic acid, lends an agreeable 
quality to the water. 

HOW TO WASH COTTON. 

Cotton goods may be washed as follows without injuring the 
color. Add to rain-water, so hot that the hand cannot be held 
in it, an amount of wheat-bran equal to one eighth of the 
fabric to be cleansed, and after stirring well for five minutes, 
add the goods, stir them about with a clean stick, and bring the 
whole to a boil. Allow the mixture to cool until the articles 
can be washed out as usual, after which rinse them well, and 
dry. They will be as pure as if soap had been used, and it is 
said that the colors will be uninjured. 

JAVELLE WATER. 

Javelle water, used for turning white the dirtiest linen, 
and removing stains, is composed of bicarbonate of soda four 
pounds, chloride of lime one pound. Put the soda into a ket- 
tle over the fire, add one gallon of boiling water, let it boil 
frsm ten to fifteen minutes, then stir in the chloride of lime, 
avoiding lumps. Use when cool. This is good for removing 
fruit stains from white underwear. 

TO RESTORE RUSTY BLACK LACE. 

Half-cup rain-water, one teaspoonful borax, one teaspoonful 
alcohol ; squeeze the lace through this four times ; then rinse 
in a cup of hot water in which a black kid glove has been 
boiled ; pull out the edges of the lace till almost dry ; then press 
for two days between the leaves of a heavy book. 

TO RENEW BLACK DRESSES. 

To renew black dresses of any material, one tablespoon blu- 
ing in one cup water ; sponge the dress well with this ; it will 
make an old silk look new. A black woollen dress of any kind 
is made over by this process, as simple as it is. 

HOW TO MAKE RED INK. 

A red indelible ink for marking clothing may be prepared by 
mixing with egg albumen, previously diluted with an equal bulk 
of water and beaten to a froth, a sufficient quantity of finely 
powdered cinnabar to make a moderately thick liquid. It may 
be applied with a pen or with a stencil plate and brush. The 



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color is fixed in the usual way by pressing the marked articles 
with a hot iron. The bottle in which the ink is contained 
should be kept well corked to prevent evaporation and pre- 
cipitation. 

HOW TO CAN CORN. 

Mrs. Emma Moody, lady assistant steward of the Mount 
Vernon (Ind.) Orange, communicates to the Hoosier Patron the 
following plan for canning corn. 

1. Get the best sweet corn, scald it on the ear, and cut it ofT 
while hot ; put a pan over a kettle of boiling water to keep it 
hot until you get enough to fill a can. Have some weak brine 
boiling in a porcelain kettle. Fill your can within an inch of 
the top with corn ; cover the bottom with brine, leaving room 
for it to swell ; seal the can while boiling hot. 

2. Dissolve one and one fourth ounces of tartaric acid in one 
half pint of water ; cut the corn from the cob ; put it in a 
vessel over the fire and bring to a boiling point ; to each pint of 
corn allow one tablespoonful of the solution. Boil one half 
hour, stirring occasionally ; then put the corn in quart cans and 
seal tightly. When wanted for use, put the corn into a bowl 
and stir in two thirds of a teaspoonful of soda to each quart of 
corn. Let it stand one hour before cooking. 

3. Cut the corn off the cob and pack closely in quart cans ; 
then solder so that every particle of air is excluded ; set the 
cans in a kettle of cold water and bring to a boil ; let the corn 
boil two and a half hours in this sized cans (larger cans will 
require more time) ; when done, pour cold water into the ket- 
tle to cool the cans and enable you to remove them carefully. 

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SECURITY AGAINST LIGHTNING. 

Silk is the most useful covering for the body ; lightning can- 
not pass through a dry silk handkerchief, so decidedly a non- 
conductor is it. Hence, if worn next the skin, the air cannot 
absorb the electricity of the human body. Damp air is a con- 
ductor of electricity, dry air is a non-conductor, hence, a dry 
place is the safest retreat. 

VANITY FAIR. 

You can assuredly clean your laces, but the process is not gen- 
erally known. By the following you can render them as beau- 
tifully white and clean as they were when new : Cover half 
a dozen champagne bottles with old stockings sewed on to fit 
as tightly as possible. Whenever there is half an hour's leis- 
ure, take the soiled lace and baste it carefully on the stocking- 
covered frame, taking care that every minute loop in the bor- 
der is caught. The work is tedious, but necessary. When 
the lace is fastened, cover the bottle in hot suds made of fine 



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soap, and change the cooling suds to hot several times a day. 
Or, if it be convenient, put the bottle in a boiler, and let it 
boil two or three hours, when the lace will be quite clean. 
Set the bottle in the air and leave it till the lace is almost 
dry, which will take but little time. Then carefully rip off the 
lace and press it in a book for a few hours It will come out 
spotless, not too white, and with the almost imperceptible 
stiffness which new lace has With half a dozen bottles much 
cleaning can be done at once. Even the unmanageable point 
lace emerges unscathed from this process. 

LIZZIE'S POTATO YEAST. 

Six potatoes boiled and mashed ; one cup flour ; one half 
cup sugar, tablespoon salt. Turn to this one pint boiling wa- 
ter, then one pint cold water. Raise it with a cup of yeast. 
Set it in a warm place, and it will rise frothing in a few hours. 
It is now ready for use. Set it in a cool place. It will keep 
only a few days. 

TO CLEAN SILVER. 

Clean your silver with hot water, followed by a solution of 
equal parts of spirits of turpentine and spirits of ammonia. 
Then, with a piece of buckskin, apply whiting. Generally 
speaking, whiting alone will give silver a beautiful polish. 

TO MAKE LEMON PIES. 

Grate the rind of two lemons ; peel off the white skin ; chop 
the lemon up fine ; add two cups of sugar ; beat up two eggs, and 
stir it altogether; roll out thin a rich paste, line a tin plate with 
it, and fill it half full with the lemon ; then roll out another thin 
crust, cover it, and fill up the plate with the lemon; cover it 
with a rich puff paste, and bake it twenty minutes. ■ 

TO COLOR FEATHERS. 

Feathers for ornamental uses are colored as follows : For 
pink or rose-color, citric acid and saffron flowers are employed, 
in various proportions ; for deep red, they are first alumed and 
then immersed in a boiling-hot bath of Brazil wood ; for crim- 
son, after being colored by the latter process, they are immersed 
in a solution of cudbear ; for blue, indigo is used ; and for yel- 
low, after being alumed, they are dipped in a bath of turmeric or 
weld ; for green, they are dipped, first in the blue and then in 
the yellow vats ; and for purple, they are dyed red and then 
blue. The various aniline colors have also been successfully 
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TO IMPROVE GILDING. 

Mix a gill of water with two ounces of purified nitre, one 
ounce of alum, and one ounce of common salt ; lay this over 
gilt articles with a brush 

TO REMOVE PAINT PROM GLASS- 

It frequently happens that painters splash plate or other 
glass windows when they are painting the sills. When this 
is the case, melt some soda in very hot water and wash them 
with it, using a soft flannel. It will entirely remove the paint. 

SOFT WATER. 

If you desire to make hard water suitable for washing 
cloihes, fill a tub or barrel one quarter full of wood-ashes, 
and fill it up with water, so that you may have lye whenever 
you want it ; a gallon of strong lye put into ten gallons of 
hard water will make it as soft as rain-water. Some people 
use pearlash, or potash, but this costs something, and is very 
apt to injure the texture of the cloth. 

HOW TO BRIGHTEN STRAW MATTING AND OIL- 
CLOTH. 

Tell your readers, writes a female correspondent, that if 
they wish their straw matting to keep new-looking and bright, 
they must wash it twice during the summer with salt and water 
— say about a pint of salt, dissolved in half a pailful of warm, 
soft water — drying the matting quickly with a soft cloth. 
The salt will prevent it from turning yellow. After oilcloth 
is scrubbed and dried, it should be wiped all over with a cloth 
dipped in milk. 

TO MAKE LEAD-PENCIL WRITING INDELIBLE. 

A great many valuable letters and other writings are written 
in pencil. The following simple process will make lead pencil 
writing or drawing as indelible as if done with ink : Lay the 
writing in a shallow dish, and pour skimmed milk upon it. 
Any spots not wet at first may have the milk placed upon 
them lightly with a feather. When the paper is all wet over 
with the milk, take it up and let the milk drain off, and whip 
off with the feather the drops which collect on the lower edge. 
Dry it carefully, and it will be found to be perfectly indelible; 
It cannot be removed even with India rubber. It is an old 
receipt and a good one. 

TREATMENT OF OILCLOTH. 

Oilcloth ought never to be wetted, if it can be possibly 
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with a brush of moderate hardness, exactly like a mahog- 
any table, and by this simple means the fading of the colors 
and the rotting of the canvas, which are inevitably attendant 
upon the oilcloth being kept in a state of moisture or damp- 
ness, are entirely avoided. 

TO KEEP ICE. 

The Lancet says : " For some years it has been the practice 
of Mr. Sampson Gamgee to cut a piece of flannel about nine 
inches square, and secure it by ligature round the mouth of an 
ordinary tumbler, so as to leave a cup-shaped depression of 
flannel within the tumbler to about half an inch in depth. In 
the flannel cup so constructed pieces of ice may be preserved 
many hours ; all the longer if a piece of flannel from four to 
five inches square be used as a loose cover to the ice cup. 
Cheap flannel, with comparatively open meshes, is preferable, 
as the water easily drains through it, and the ice is thus kept 
quite dry. When good flannel with close texture is employed, 
a small hole must be made in the bottom of the flannel cup ; 
otherwise it holds the water and facilitates the melting of the 
ice, which is nevertheless preserved much longer than in the 
naked cup or tumbler. A reserve supply outside the bedroom 
door can be secured by making a flannel cup, on the plan above 
described, in a jug, and filling it with little lumps of ice, care 
being taken that there is space enough below the bag to allow 
the water to collect and leave the ice dry. This provision 
will allow ice to be used during the hottest night without the 
supply failing or the patient being disturbed." 

TO PREVENT FLIES PROM TEASING- MAN OR 

HORSE. 

One plan for preventing flies in summer-time teasing man or 
horse out of doors, is to take, when flies are very troublesome, 
a handful of elder-leaves and bruise them in the hand, and rub 
on the face and hat. When riding, rub them over the pony's 
head and body. If this be properly done the flies will not 
settle. Flies do not like the neighborhood of an elder-tree, 
and some people plant such trees near the doors of stables. 

STRAW MATTING 

May be cleaned with a large coarse cloth, dipped in salt and 
water, and then wiped dry • the salt prevents the matting from 
turning yellow. 

WASHING PREPARATION. 

Put one pound of saltpetre into a gallon of water, and keep 
it in a corked jug ; two tablespoonfuls for a pint of soap. Soak, 

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wash, and boil as usual. This bleaches the clothes beautifully, 
without injuring the fabric. 

TO RESTORE FADED ROSES. 

Throw some sulphur on a chafing-dish of hot coals, hold a 
faded rose over the flames of the hot sulphur, and 1 it will be- 
come quite white • in this state dip it into water ; put it into a 
box or drawer for three or four hours ; when taken out it will be 
quite red again. 

WATER TO THICKEN HAIR AND PREVENT ITS 
FALLING OUT. 

Distil as cool and slowly as possible two pounds of honey, a 
handful of rosemary, and twelve handfuls of the curlings or 
tendrils of grapevines, infused in a gallon of new milk, from 
which about two quarts of water will be obtained. 

TO CLEAN HAIR-BRUSHES. 

As hot water and soap soon soften the hairs, and rubbing 
completes their destruction, use soda dissolved in cold water. 
Soda, having an affinity for grease, cleans the brush with very 
little friction. After well shaking them, stand them on the 
points of the handles in a shady place. 

TO REMOVE STAINS, SPOTS, ETC. 

Ink and rust stains are best removed by applying to them 
either powdered oxalic acid (poison), which is to be moistened 
and rubbed on the spot, or after the powder is applied the 
article can be exposed to the steam from a teakettle, or a mix- 
ture of one part muriatic acid and six parts water can be used. 
The fabric should then be washed in water to remove the acid. 

Fruit stains can be removed by moistening, and then hold- 
ing them over the fumes of burning sulphur ; the fumes can be 
directed by holding a paper funnel over the burning sulphur. 

Red stains produced by acids can usually be removed by 
wetting them with dilute ammonia water. 

Mildew and fruit stains on linen or cotton goods may be 
removed by applying a solution of bleaching powder (chloride 
of lime), and then dilute muriatic acid. 

Stains caused by indelible ink, composed of silver nitrate, can 
be removed, i. By wetting, and then rubbing on some pow- 
dered potassium iodide ; the article is then to be exposed to the 
light for sometime and then washed. 2. Spread on the stain a 
thin paste of potassium cyanide (a deadly poison ; and water ; 
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Paint. Carbon, bisulphide, ether, or turpentine will remove 
paint from clothes, etc., if applied for a sufficient length of time, 
and the paint is not too old, in wh:ch case use chloroform. 

Paint can be removed from wood, stone, glass, etc., by means 
of caustic potash or caustic soda, the solution of which should 
be allowed to remain on the article a day if necessary . The solu- 
tion can be made by adding slaked lime to potash or soda dis- 
solved in water, and decanting the liquid after the sediment has 
deposited. 

Pitch or tar can be removed by first applying oil, allowing it 
to stand on the spot for a short time, then scraping it off, apply- 
ing turpentine, and lastly benzine. 

Milk Spots. First rub with benzine, then wash with a warm 
saturated solution of borax containing potash. 

Grease Spots. Strong, hot soapsuds are sufficient for all ex- 
cept mineral oils (kerosene, etc.), but frequently are inconvenient 
to apply or injure the fabric. To use ether, benzine, or naphtha, 
carbon bisulphide, etc., proceed as follows : Place a cloth covered 
with a piece of thick blotting-paper under the article to be 
cleansed. Apply a quantity of benzine around the edges of the 
spot, then cover with a brown paper, on which place a warm iron. 
The most delicate colors, with few exceptions, will not be in- 
jured by the above process, which should not be conducted 
within several yards from any light or fire, as the vapors from 
the substances used are very inflammable, and when mixed with 
air are explosive. It is not well to inhale the vapors too freely. 

Or apply a layer of pulverized French chalk to the upper and 
under sides of the spot, cover with a piece of brown paper, on 
which place a hot iron. In some cases, when it is not desirable 
to use heat, the simple application of French chalk will often 
suffice, if left on for a number of days. 

PASTE FOR SCRAP-BOOKS. 

For a paste that will not strike through the paper, we may 
recommend ordinary flour paste, with the addition of about five 
per cent of alum. To keep the paste from spoiling, a little car- 
bolic acid and about five grains of corrosive sublimate to the 
pound may be added. The acid has the effect of preventing 
the formation of microscopic growths and animalcules, and the 
sublimate effectually keeps away the flies and winged insects 
which are apt to lay their eggs in the paste, where they will 
hatch in spite of the carbolic acid. Recently salicylic acid has 
been used for the same purpose. 

TO REMOVE IRON RUST, INK AND OTHER STAINS. 

Wring the stained parts out of pure water, then squeeze upon 
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rubbing in thoroughly, place upon the ground in the sunshine. 
One application will usually remove the spots, but sometimes 
several are needed. 

TO TAKE INK-STAINS OUT OF MAHOGANY. 

Put a few drops of spirits of nitre in a teaspoonful of water, 
touch the spot with a feather dipped in the mixture, and on the 
ink disappearing, rub it over immediately with a rag wetted in 
cold water, or there will be a white mark, which will not be 
easily effaced. 

TO REMOVE WALNUT AND FRUIT STAINS FROM 
THE FINGERS. 

Dip them in strong tea, rubbing the nails with it and a nail- 
brush ; afterwards wash in warm water. The stains come out 
instantly. 

LEMON JUICE. 

A little lemon juice put into a cup of milk, and then the face 
washed with the milk, is a complete remedy for sunburn. We 
would advise its not being applied too frequently, as all things 
are more or less hurtful to the skin when used too often. 

TO CLEAN GILT FRAMES. 

Beat up three ounces of the white of eggs with one ounce of 
soda. Blow the dust from the frames with a bellows ; then rub 
them over with a soft brush dipped in the mixture, and they will 
become bright and fresh. 

A PHYSICIAN'S RULES OF HEALTH FOR THE 
HEATED TERM. 

Rise early ; the morning air is pure and cool. Take a hand 
bath, going over the whole person with water at its natural 
temperature ; any one can do this who can command the use 
of a basin and one or two quarts of water. Use nothing but 
the hand ; once or twice a week put a few drops of ammonia in 
the water to cleanse the skin, or use white castile soap : avoid 
all others. Do this all the year round, no matter what the 
temperature of the weather is ; beginning now, the skin will be- 
come accustomed to it, and cold will not affect, but tone up 
the system, bringing the blood to the surface, and preventing 
colds from sudden changes ; besides, not half the clothing will 
be needed. At this season do not discard flannels altogether, 
but wear thin ones without sleeves ; the best are made from 
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spiration, and will last forever if properly shrunk before being 
made up. On rising, if faint feeling and loss of appetite, take 
a teaspoonful of charcoal stirred in a little water, and repeat 
the same at bedtime ; it must be the fine willow charcoal, and 
can be found (with twenty-five cents) at all apothecaries. This 
absorbs the gas from undigested food, and sweetens the stom- 
ach and prepares it for food, and should be taken at any time 
when there is an unpleasant fulness in the stomach before 
eating. Avoid ice water, except one or two swallows ; the 
habitual use lowers the temperature of the stomach, and pre- 
vents digestion. Soda water in immoderate quantities should 
also be avoided, certainly not more than a single glass per day. 
Let the diet be a generous one, but avoid mixtures ; nevermore 
than two or three dishes at each meal. Pastry of all kinds 
should be especially avoided in hot weather. Plain yeast bread 
a day old, with good butter, sparingly, and in hot weather with 
milk, when fresh, well salted ; all kinds of fruit and vegetables 
in their season, well cooked and salted — salt allays thirst 
when taken fresh upon food. Go slow about your business or 
work. Never try to do two men's work in one day. There is 
nothing gained by it. Keep on the shady side of the street if 
there is one ; if not, carry an umbrella, if you can ; if not, your 
handkerchief in the top of your hat ; if in the country, green 
leaves. Never get in a passion, as it shortens life. Finally, 
make haste slowly to get rich j remember that without health, 
riches are of no account. 

DIET — WHAT WE MUST EAT. 

Many people who are in comparatively reasonable health 
complain that they know not what to eat, that they have no 
appetite. All persons should not eat alike, but somewhat 
according to their various occupations. If your occupation is 
such as taxes your muscular strength, then make use of muscle- 
making food. It is chiefly composed of lean beef, mutton, 
wheat, rye, oatmeal, beans, peas, milk, and cheese. Students 
and men who work hard with their heads and but little with 
their arms, need more of brain-producing food and less of 
other kinds. The brain of man and animals alike contains a 
small portion of phosphorus. Hence brain producing food 
must contain this element, which is found most abundantly in 
oysters, eggs, fish, lean meat, wheat, peas, and beans. The 
brains of other animals are considered good food for the human 
brain. The prize-fighter, who wants muscle, and little brain, 
trains on nearly raw beef, which is clear muscle. Students, 
who want brain and less muscle, must adopt a more fishy diet. 

The third class of food consists largely of carbon as an ele- 
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potatoes, rice, Indian corn, and the like They are mainly 
consumed in the system for the purpose of keeping up the ani- 
mal heat. Just as coal, which is nearly pure carbon, warms our 
rooms, so do these carbonaceous kinds of food warm our 
bodies. 

WARTS. 

An authority on the subject says, "Warts are a hypertro- 
phied condition of the papillary structure of the skin, and when 
situated upon the face, arm, or shoulder sometimes become can- 
cerous, especially when constantly rubbed and irritated by the 
clothing, etc. The best local remedy is chromic acid, with 
equal parts of water, applied by means of a glass brush. It 
instantly turns the skin black and forms a scab, which drops 
off in six or eight days, leaving a healthy granulating sore, 
which soon heals. Excision is necessary when they display a 
tendency to malignancy." 

WALNUTS AN EXCELLENT FAMILY MEDICINE. 

Everybody eats walnuts, everybody knows how to make a 
pickle of walnuts, few, however, know the medicinal virtue of 
walnuts. Now, the fact is, walnuts, when properly prepared, 
are an excellent medicine and alterative, and this is the way to 
prepare them : Get the green walnuts fit for pickling ; put them in 
a stone jar filled up with moist sugar, in the pioportion of half a 
pound to a score of walnuts; place the jar in a saucepan of 
boiling water for about three hours, taking care that the water 
does not get in, and keep it simmering during the operation. 
The sugar, when dissolved, should cover the walnuts; if it 
does not. add more ; cover it close, and in six months it will 
be fit for use : the older it gets the better it is. One walnut is 
a dose for a child six years of age, as a purgative, and it has 
this great advantage over drugs, that whilst it is an excellent 
medicine, it is, at the same time, very pleasant to the palate, 
and will be esteemed by the young folks as a treat. 

HOW TO COOL A ROOM. 

A writer in Public Health recommends that a dish or basin, 
large enough to present a good surface of water, be placed in 
rooms where the heat is oppressive, and the water be changed 
once or twice in very hot days, to secure a general lowering of 
the temperature. The hot air of the room takes up the water 
in the form of atmospheric vapor, and diffuses the greater cool- 
ness of the water throughout the room, until air and water 
become of the same temperature. When this takes place, fresh 
water should be put in the dish. 



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II 9 



FLORA. 



THE CULTURE OP THE CALLA. 

A good authority recommends to put into an earthen jar or 
pot rich mould some five or six inches deep, and in this set the 
calla plant. Now put on the top of this mould a layer of clean, 
coarse sand about two inches deep, and on the top of this some 
small pebbles. Then fill the jar with water and replace as 
evaporated, so as always to have the water several inches above 
the pebbles. Place in a warm and sunny window, and the plant 
will throw up large, luxuriant leaves, to be followed by the 
magnificent bloom. What is still better, the flower-stalks will 
be sent up in succession, so as to afford a nearly continuous 
series of flowers. A few minnows introduced into the water 
will usually thrive without further care, and afford a pleasing 
study. 

SKELETON LEAVES. 

The kind of leaves to be selected is merely a matter of taste, 
but the smaller and thinner the leaves the sooner will the process 
be completed. Steep the leaves in rain-water, in an open ves- 
sel, exposed to the air and sun. Water must occasionally be 
added to compensate for loss by evaporation. The leaves will 
petrify, and then their membranes will begin to open ; then lay 
them on a clean white plate filled with clean water, and with 
gentle touches take off the external membranes, separating them 
cautiously near the middle rib. When there is an opening to- 
ward the latter, the whole membrane separates easily. The 
whole process requires a great deal of patience, as ample time 
must be given for the vegetable tissues to decay and separate. 
The best time for gathering leaves for this purpose is when 
they are fully expanded. 

TO BLEACH PERNS. 

c. p. s. 

Dissolve one pound of washing soda in a gallon of soft water ; 
add half pound of chloride of lime ; when the liquid is clear, 
pour into shallow dishes, and put the fern-leaves (previously 
pressed) into the liquid, which must cover them. Leave them 
in until white, and then soak for a few hours in clear water ; 
after this carefully float on to paper, and put to press. Improve- 
ment, you will find, on nature. 



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HOW FLOWERS MAY BE PRESEVED FOR A 
LONG TIME. 

Flowers may be preserved in a fresh state for a considerable 
length of time by keeping: them in a moist atmosphere. Those 
who love to see plenty of fresh flowers in their parlors or sitting- 
rooms will be gratified by adopting the following plan : Pour 
water into a flat porcelain or glass dish. Set a vase of flowers 
in the dish, and over it place a bell glass, with its rim in the 
water. The air which surrounds the flowers being confined be- 
neath the bell glass, is kept moist with the w r ater which rises w T ith 
it in the form of vapor. As fast as the water is condensed it 
runs down the sides of the bell glass back into the dish, and if 
means were taken to enclose the water in the outside of the bell 
glass, so as to prevent its evaporating into the air of the sitting- 
room, the atmosphere around the flowers would remain con- 
tinually damp. Those who wish to " linger on the beauty " of 
a rare flower or bouquet will be repaid by this experiment. It 
can be tried on a small scale by inverting a tumbler over a rose- 
bud in a saucer of water. Another method, by which some 
flowers may be preserved for many months, is to carefully dip 
them, as soon as gathered, in perfectly limpid gum-water, and 
after allowing them to drain two or three minutes, to set them 
upright or arrange them in the usual manner in an empty vase. 
The gum gradually forms a transparent coating on the surface 
of the petals and stems, and preserves their figure and color 
long after they become dry and crisp Faded flowers may be 
generally more or less restored by immersing their stems in very 
hot water and allowing them to remain in it until it cools or 
they have recovered. The cooled portion of the stems must 
then be cut off and the flowers placed in clear, cold water. In 
this way a great number of faded flowers may be restored ; but 
there are some of the more fugacious kinds on which it proves 
useless ; but flowers may also be preserved and their tints deep- 
ened by adding to the water a little of the solution of carbonate 
of ammonia and a few drops of the phosphate of soda. The 
effect of this in giving the flower a deeper color and a stronger 
appearance is quite wonderful ; and by cutting off every other 
day about one half inch of the stems of the flowers with a 
sharp knife they may be kept as long as their natural life would 
last. 

ORNAMENTAL THINGS FOR WINTER. 

Take a large round sponge, wet it, place in a dish ; sprinkle 
in a quantity of rape and canary seed When that has grown 
one inch, cur places in sponge and put in hyacinth bulbs. 
Keep only water enough in dish to moisten sponge. 



Cover a jelly glass with red flannel, wet it thoroughly, then 



TEMPERANCE UNION CUISINE. 121 



roll it in flax-seed till well covered ; put it in a saucer, and the 
flax-seed will grow and fbwer if kept moist and near the 
window. 



A long pine-cone in a hyacinth glass, or large tumbler; wet 
and then sprinkle in grass millet, or bird seed. 

Take a large, smooth carrot or turnip, clean thoroughly, cut 
it down so that the sprouted end will be about two and a half 
inches. Scrape out enough to leave a good place for water. 
Put a cord or wire around bottom, and hang by small cords. 

Some like a sweet potato done in the same way ; others put 
the sweet potato into hyacinth glass. The vine is pretty, the 
fine thread roots are exquisite. 

MOSS BALLS. 

When in the country next summer, go to the woods, gather 
the green moss and tie it into a ball, commencing with a small 
piece, tying cotton round it and adding moss; and tying it on, 
until you get a hard, solid moss ball. If you have the patience, 
make several ; then your pressed autumn leaves and pressed 
ferns can be stuck all over the ball. The stems go in easy, and 
they can be suspended by a thread and make a cheap and tasty 
ornament. 

— In pressing leaves, brown paper is the most reliable. 
Some carry newspapers into the country to press ferns. They 
will do for rock ferns, but not the more delicate kinds. 

— Pansies are easily pressed; a variety of different kinds 
put on bristol board will hold their color, and make a charming 
bit of nature in your room ; and a frame made of cones, easily 
done, gives the whole thing a pretty air, and no expense. 

THE FLOWER GARDEN. 

Of flowering plants which thrive well in' our climate, we have 
a good selection. The geraniums are amongst the best, al- 
though botanically they are not distinct from pelargoniums ; yet 
it serves a good purpose to retain the name as a popular desig- 
nation of a useful class in flower gardening. The verbena used 
to be the main reliance for bedding, but the great ravages of 
the verbena rust have made it somewhat unreliable • and al- 
though it is indispensable, yet it does not take the front rank as 
formerly. There are now double varieties, but for flower gar- 
dening purposes double flowers are inferior. These varieties do 
not flower as freely as the single ones. This has proved to be 



122 MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN 



the case with the petunia, the pansy, and other things, and we 
suppose the rule will hold good here. The rose geraniums flow- 
er somewhat steadily throughout the year, and are indispensa- 
ble for their delightful fragrance and elegant foliage. 

In the class of scented flowers, the heliotrope, the mignonette, 
and the sweet alyssum command a prominent place. The last 
is liable to suffer much from the cabbage-fly. A syringing with 
water, in which a few drops of coal-oil has been spread, soon set- 
tles his business. There is a variegated sweet alyssum which is 
very pretty. 

Lantanas are very desirable ; but to have the best results 
from them they should be planted in poor soil. A very pretty 
species, trailing like a verbena, but not much known, is L. Sel- 
lowii. The varieties of lobelia make fair bedding plants if not 
put in too dry a soil or too warm a situation. 

The old double white feverfew is one of the most desirable 
of bedding plants. White flowers can be cut from it all sum- 
mer, and yet have plenty left to bloom. The petunia, although 
of no account for cutting, keeps up a brilliant show the whole 
season. They do also very well in hot places, where little else 
will do. The singles give the most flowers. For cutting pur- 
poses, the monthly or tree carnations are lovely things, though 
they are ugly growing plants, and do not make much show on 
the ground. The blue ageratum is not very showy, but blooms 
so profusely that every one likes to have it. The old Nierem- 
bergia gracilis is another, not a very showy plant, but flowers so 
well, and is so satisfied with indifferent care, that one cannot let 
it go. The gazania is curious, and makes a brilliant show of 
orange and black on a fine day, but is not well adapted to a hot 
place. The little cuphea platycentry has rather too much 
green for a show plant ; but if the soil is not too rich, gives a 
fair satisfaction. 

For late summer and fall blooming, we have gladiolus (ex- 
cellent for cutting for baskets and plates of flowers) tuberoses, 
(ditto), chrysanthemums, dahlias, and particularly the scarlet 
sage, without which no garden is complete. These are all very 
well known and popular bedding plants. 

Besides these, there* are some not so well known, but which 
will perhaps become as popular for some purpose as for others. 
The ivy geraniums are being much improved, and are just the 
thing for vases and growing over mounds or elevated places. 
All the forms of sedums are also excellent for vases and dry 
places, as are also several varieties of hardy cactuses, half- 
hardy echeverias and other succulents. 

Aloes of many kinds suit the centre of these vases and flower 
beds remarkably well. The variegated geraniums, and varie- 
gated leaved plants generally, do well only where protected 
from hot suns. The common perilla, with its dark-colored 



TEMPERANCE UNION CUISINE. 1 23 



leaves, however, does best in the full sun. The shrubby New 
Zealand veronicas flower most of the season, and are suited to 
many localities. 

The new hybrid dianthuses promise to be among the most 
popular bedding flowers. The bouvardia leiantha and other 
bouvardias are rather rugged growers, and seldom have many 
flowers on at a time ; but one can cut forever from them, and 
new flowers rapidly succeed. The viola cornuta does not 
make much show, but blooms well in our climate all summer. 

There is quite an excitement over new clematises as summer 
blooming plants. They bring yet very high prices, and have to 
be tested more in our climate, though they will probably be a 
success. In chrysanthemums a great advance has been made 
iu the production of an earlier class of bloomers. It has always 
been against the chrysanthemums, thet they have been a little 
too late for decorative gardening. Lilies of all kinds are also 
growing in popularity and cheapness, and there are some 
double rose-colored feverfew that add much to the beauty of a 
flower garden. 

AQUARIUMS. 

Aquariums are now so well understood as to^be in a fair way 
to become essentials in the room-gardening of all persons of 
taste. Growing plants, fishes, and water reptiles are placed in 
the same globe or tank of water, and the gases which the fish 
reject are the food of the plants ; while the plants, on the other 
hand, prepare the elements necessary for the health of the fish. 
By this beautiful principle of reciprocity, both plants and ani- 
mals remain in perfect health without the water scarcely ever 
being changed. A tank for plants and piscatorial animals 
might form the base of a pretty ornament • a central portion, 
consisting of a case for ferns and^similar plants, and a cage for 
birds on the top. 

WINTER PLANTS. 

The plants most easily raised in a parlor in winter are ivy, 
tradescantia, and lycopodia. They require but little soil, 
though they must be watered daily, and will resist severe trials 
of temperature. 

TO HAVE SALADS IN WINTER. 

Place, say from twelve to fifteen boxes, each six inches deep, 
two feet long, and a foot broad, in a tolerably warm room. 
Fill them with good garden soil, and plant them with turnip, 
radish, or any other seeds, the young plants of which make a 
good salad. As fast as you crop off the salad from one box, 
sprinkle a few seeds, rake the soil a little, and go on to the 
next box. By this means you may have a fresh salad every 



124 MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN 



day at extremely trifling cost. If you keep canary birds they 
will be extremely grateful if you will give them the young 
sprouts of hemp or rape-seed. A common raisin-box will suffice 
for this latter purpose. If the boxes used are ornamental, the 
salad growing presents a pretty and fresh appearance in the 
winter time. 



USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



It is often asked, Who can tell us the most economical way of 
spending money in providing for a family ? I wish to call your 
attention to this carefully prepared page, worth much more to 
a family than ten times the price of this volume. 

HOW TO SPEND $2.00 FOR A POOR FAMILY. 

One bushel of coal, 35 cents ; kindlings, 10 cents ; one peck 
of potatoes, 25 cents ; dry fish, 20 cents ; one pound salt pork, 
15 cents; one half pound butter, 18 cents ; four pounds Graham 
flour, 20 cents ; yeast cake, 2 cents ; sugar, one pound, 10 cents ; 
oil for light, 5 cents ; pepper, 3 cents ; milk, 6 cents ; tea, 13 
cents ; two pounds oatmeal, 12 cents ; parsnips or beets, 6 cents. 
Total, $2.00. 

TO SPEND $1.00. 

One half peck potatoes, 13 cents ; one yellow turnip, 3 cents ; 
five pounds fresh soup bones, 20 cents; five pounds flour, 25 
cents ; yeast cake, 2 cents ; one half pound tea, 13 cents ; one 
pound sugar, 11 cents; one quarter pound butter, 10 cents; 
salt, 3 cents. Total, $1.00. 

ANOTHER WAY TO SPEND $1.00. 

One quart of beans, 10 cents ; one half pound of pork, 8 
cents; tea, 13 cents; sugar, 10 cents; three pounds oatmeal, 
18 cents ; one half pound butter, 18 cents ; two quarts milk, 12 
cents ; French loaf, 8 cents ; salt, 2 cents ; 6 doughnuts, 5 
cents. Total one dollar. 

HOW TO SPEND 50 CENTS. 

Thirteen crackers, 6 cents ; milk, 6 cents ; one quarter pound 
butter, 10 cents ; French loaf, 10 cents ; six doughnuts, 5 cents ; 
one quarter pound cheese, 5 cents ; six rolls, 5 cents ; three her- 
rings, 3 cents. Total, 50 cents. 

M. A. G. Howl and. 



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125 



Facts concerning Intemperance. 



LAW AN EXPRESSION OF CONSCIENCE. 

The general remark, that a people are no better than their 
laws, is a just one ; for not only are their laws expressive of 
their moral sense, but they react upon it with a strong influence. 
The instances are without number, where good men have pur- 
sued a business in all good conscience, from which their virtuous 
sensibilities would have shrunk away instantly had not that bus- 
iness, essentially unjust and wicked, been commended to them 
by the reaction of the laws. How lamentably was the moral 
sense of Christendom blunted by the legalized traffic in human 
flesh ! But the laws came at last to denounce the traffic ; and 
how greatly did they help to recover that sense to a healthy tone. 
We of this age look upon the slave-trade as fit for the pirates 
only ; and why so ? Mainly because the laws declare it piracy. 
Let the laws brand the rum traffic, and our children will look 
upon it with an abhorrence rivalling that with which we regard 
the slave-trade. 

THE EVILS OP WINE DRINKING. 

Is it reasonable to suppose that the use of intoxicating wines 
will check intemperance ? How can it, when the inebriating 
principle is in it, as really as in gin, brandy, or whiskey, 
and produces the same effects, only requiring a little more to 
be taken ? The combination in which it is found in wine does 
not change its nature or operation in the least. A given quan- 
tity of alcohol in wine produces exactly the same effects as if it 
were in brandy or whiskey. The man who drinks fermented 
wine takes alcohol into his system, and he drinks it for the sake 
of the effects the alcohol produces. It creates the same habit and 
appetite that the use of it does in any kind of ardent spirits, and 
all experience proves that great multitudes of those who begin 
the use of wine are led on to the more fiery potations. The 
drunkard's appetite is as readily foimed and cultivated by wine 
as by ardent spirits of any kind. Reason and experience both 
teach the fallacy of the argument that the free and common use 
of wine will diminish drunkenness. 

DRUNKENNESS IN FRANCE. 

I came to Europe under the impression that there was more 
drunkenness among us than in any other country, England, 



I 26 MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN 



perhaps, excepted. A residence of six months in Paris changed 
my views entirely. I have taken unbelievers with me into the 
streets, and have never failed to convince them in the course of 
an hour. On one occasion a party of four went out with this 
object We passed thirteen drunken men within the walk of an 
hour ; many of them were so far gone as to be totally unable to 
walk; and once I saw three men wallowing in the gutter before 
my window, a degree of beastly degradation I never witnessed 
in any other country. In passing between Paris and London, I 
have been more struck by drunkenness in the streets of the for- 
mer than in those of the latter. 

ALCOHOL AS A POISON AND A PLAGUE. 

Prof. Willard Parker, of this city, has written a letter to the 
editor of the Omaha Herald, in which he says : " I am very 
glad that you have entered the service of humanity by studying 
alcohol as to its true character. It is a poison, an irritant, and 
not a force-producer in any* form in the physiological organism. 
I only study what it does to the user, to his body, his mind, 
and his progeny, not what it makes its victim do to his family, 
his neighbor, and his State. That is the field which has been 
occupied by our temperance organizations and temperance 
speech-makers It has been demonstrated that the use of alco- 
hol, when employed moderately, as young men often use it, as 
they think with impunity, makes the average of life thirty-five 
and a half, while that of non-users reached an average of sixty- 
four and one sixth years, a difference of about twenty-six years 
to each individual; 1,000 individuals, 29,000 years. The off- 
spring inherits the same vice of drinking, which, like other 
vices, is followed by organic disease. The children of drinkers, 
if begotten while drinking, start with a diseased child's nervous 
system, followed by drunkenness, insanity, theft, suicide, epi- 
lepsy, jealousy, — a short and miserable life." 

A CURE FOR INTEMPERANCE. 

It has been suggested some years ago that the use of cod- 
liver oil would have a tendency to promote a distaste for alco- 
holic stimulants. According to the same authority many peo- 
ple had found they could take wine with animal food, but not 
with farinaceous or amyraceous nutriment. A well-known man 
of science, Mr. Charles Napier, has undertaken to test these 
assertions, and the results of his experiments are set forth in a 
paper read before the physiological section of the British As- 
sociation, and which has attracted much attention in England. 

The experience of Mr. Napier's own family had furnished 
a seeming proof of the accuracy of Liebig's statement. 
They had for two years adopted a vegetarian diet, and although 



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127 



brought up in the moderate use of alcoholic liquors, now 
felt no inclination for them. 

More decisive evidence, however, was supplied by the appli- 
cation of the theory to twenty-seven cases, one of the more 
striking of which maybe briefly cited. The case is that of a mil- 
itary officer, sixty-one years old, of an aristocratic Scottish fam- 
ily, who had contracted habits of excessive whiskey-drinking 
while on service with his regiment in India. We are told that 
his custom was to eat hardly any bread, fat, or vegetables, his 
breakfast consisting mostly of salt fish, and his dinner almost 
wholly of roast meat. During the day he consumed from a 
pint to a quart of whiskey, and was not sober more than half his 
time. By Napier's advice he was induced to return to the 
breakfast of oatmeal porridge on which he had been brought up, 
and to adopt a dinner of which peas and beans formed impor- 
tant ingredients. He does not seem to have liked the change 
at first, and made the significant complaint that he could not 
"enjoy his whiskey " as much as formerly. About this time 
there was a panic among flesh-eaters in England, owing to the 
cattle plague, and consequently the whole family was put on a 
vegetarian diet. For some weeks the husband grumbled very 
much, but his taste for whiskey gradually disappeared, and in 
two months from the time he became an entire vegetarian he 
relinquished alcoholic stimulants, and, according to Mr. Napier, 
has not since returned to either flesh or alcohol. 

SEVERE ON SOOTHING- SYRUPS. 

The Popular Science Monthly remarks that one of the great 
dangers attending the use of the various sedatives employed in 
the nursery is that they tend to produce the opium habit. These 
quack medicines owe their soothing and quieting effects to the 
action of opium, and the infant is by them given a morbid ap- 
petite for narcotic stimulants. The offering for sale of such 
nostrums should be prohibited, as tending to the physical and 
moral deterioration of the race. In India, mothers give to their 
infants pills containing opium, and the result is a languid, sen- 
sual race of hopeless debauchees. In the United States the 
poisonous dose is administered under another name, but the 
consequences will probably be the same. 



CONTENTS. 



Pages 

Preface 2-4 

Constitution, By-Laws, etc. 5-18 

Bread Recipes, etc 21-24 

Breakfast and Tea Cakes 24-27 

Soups 27-30 

Meats, Vegetables, etc. . 30-37 

E SS S 37-39 

Puddings 39-44 

Pies . 44-46 

Cakes 46-55 

Creams 55-58 

Preserves and Jellies . . ... . . . . 58-62 

Candies . 62-66 

Pickles 66-68 

Preserves 68-70 

Salads ........... 70—72 

Temperance Drinks 7 2_ 74 

Sanitarium . . ... . . . . . . 74 - 95 

Miscellaneous '. 95 _TI 9 

Flora 1 19-124 

Useful Knowledge 124 

Facts concerning Intemperance 125-128 



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